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Year and Month | November, 2011 |
Number of Days | One Day Trip |
Crew | 2 (Ages 39/49) |
Accommodation | N/A |
Transport | SUV/Jeep |
Activities | Birds, Photography |
Weather | Excellent. Very hot Very good Weather and the sun was up |
Route | Colombo -> Dehiwala -> Kalutara -> Katukurunda -> Mathugama -> Baduruliya -> Kalawana -> Sinharaja -> back to Mathugama -> Galle -> Kottawa along the Highway |
Tips, Notes and Special Remarks | |
Author | Asiri |
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We started at 5 am and reached Sinharaja via Mathugama/ Kalawana (Kudawa Entrance) at 7am. Unfortunately we had to park the vehicle 1 km before the ticket office at the regional forest office as a bridge was under construction.The climb to the park entrance was steep and by 7.30 we were inside with the tracker Somapala( 045 7210845)
We came across the 1st bird flock around 8 though there were only about 6 species consisting of Orange billed Babler, Crested Drongo, Malabar Trogan, White faced Starling, Laughing Thrush and Schimeter Babler.
It was a perfect day with the Sun up and was a very good session for photography.The best thing was finding a Frogmouth couple inside the shrub.I hope that some of the Birding members might enjoy looking at the photos.
While returning from Sinharaja yesterday, from Mathugama we turned towards the highway and after checking the credentials of my friend who carried a special pass we were allowed to proceed. We started at 3.15pm and by 4.45 we were back at Kottawa exit.
There were some work been carried out to finish before the opening on the 27th and the different colours of the carpet due to re-doing at places were seen but it was a good experience but it will be a different ball game when the full vehicular flow starts. The noteworthy concern was the number of dogs staying near the middle fence but hope that the necessary action will be taken to sort this out.