VISITI TO MANNAR VIA WILPATTU......

I was able to go to Mannar in the last week of March 2013 via Wilpattu coupling up with some official work as well.

 Posing for aphotograph..

 A Brown Fish Owl ------

 This is the road going throgh Wilpattu . From Eluwankulam to Selawatura the road side is similar.

 I saw Peacock chicks for the first time.

 Halfway through, the road was muddy due to overnight rain and we got stuck. Finaly after waiting for over one hour, we got a Navy Tractor to towe us.

 On display...

 A shikra feeding..

 A female common Kestral...

 A common site in this part of the country..

 A brown headed Gull in Mannar

 The famous Causeway..

 Common Coot..

 Black Drongo..

 AMarsh Sandpiper..

 A nest of White Bellied Fish Eagle..

 The famous Boabab Tree which had been brought centuries ago by Arab traders...

 The broken bridge during War...

 A pied Cuckoo..

 Though this was a welcoming scene where more than thousand Flemingos have come to the peninsula after 2-3 years, unfortunately there was no way that we could get a closer look.

 A Western Reef Heron..