INTRODUCTION

This was a great birding destination for a two week break. It was cheap, very easy logistically (thanks to Baur tours), with very friendly people, a descent list of endemics all within a reachable distance and great beaches to relax on afterwards. We spent 13 days on this beautiful island in September 2003 and would love to go back. I can highly recommend our driver / guide Sunil de Alwis from Baur tours he looked after us very well for the whole time we were with him. He found all our accommodation, took us to all the good sites and did quite a lot of birding with us. He was a very pleasant chap and I would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone visiting Sri Lanka.

PLACES VISITED

INGIRIYA

This place doesn’t seem to be on all the usual itineraries, we had quite nice accommodation here at the Citizens rest guesthouse for approximately £10 a night for a double room. The forest is pretty good here with a few birds I did not see anywhere else, namely Green Billed Coucal and SL Grey Hornbill. Other good birds were Malabar trogon, SL Crested Drongo, Black Capped, White Browed and Yellow Browed Bulbuls.

SINHARAJA

A Fantastic site, our local guide here Gurjit was very good, he knew all the calls and best places to see the difficult shy species. I only missed Serendib Scops Owl but at the time I don’t think it had been seen by many people. The transport here is very expensive so be prepared to get thoroughly fleeced! The return Jeep trip was £50 GBP for a trip of a few miles each way. If you haven’t got a huge amount of gear it could be worth taking the jeep up and walking down to save some money. If you go up with a vehicle they appreciated you bringing food which they will then cook for you. This turned out to be very expensive as well, we took enough food to feed everyone there and that’s exactly what happened! This again cost the best part of £50 for two people for 2 days, I’m sure we could have halved the amount of food taken. Apart from this Martin’s Place was great, right on the door step of the rainforest with great views over a forested valley. Great birding was had at all times of the day with Legge’s Flowerpecker, Sri Lanka Myna, SL Hanging Parrot, SL Crested Drongo, SL Scaly Thrush, Spot Winged Thrush, Yellow Browed and Black Capped Bulbul, Sri Lanka Flameback, Malabar Trogon, Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Sri Lanka Junglefowl, Yellow Fronted Barbet, Square Tailed Black Bulbul, Pale Billed Flowerpecker, Orange Billed Babbler, Red Faced Malkoha, White Faced Starling, Sri Lanka Blue Magpie, Chestnut Backed Owlet, Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler, Ashy Headed Laughing Thrush, Brown Capped Babbler, Layards Parakeet and Sri Lanka Spurfowl.

UDA WALAWE N.P.

A very dry park surprisingly full of birds, but quite expensive for jeep hire and fees. Saw lots of water birds and the only site where we saw Malabar Pied Hornbill. Yala was closed in September, I believe in peak season most people would go there and not to this site.

TISSA

Saw the pair of white napped woodpeckers which I have heard are getting more difficult to see in their regular roosting site. Outside of the entrance to Yala west was very good for nightjars just before dawn, also saw 2 civet cats, wild boar and 2 jackals. There were various wetlands and tanks in the area which proved to be very productive, with a flock of over 200 spot billed pelicans on one, also the only place where we saw the habitat restricted Yellow wattled lapwing and lots of other waders.

HORTON PLAINS

Spent two fruitless pre-dawn mornings at the whistling thrush pool by the entrance road, a friend has just come back from Sri Lanka and apparently they call around 9am and are often easier to see then! Did manage to see all the other endemics up there quite easily and had a very nice walk out to world’s end which is well recommended. There was a very confiding SL Scaly Thrush on the path which almost walked over my girlfriend’s shoe. The only Hill munias we saw were 4 perched on fence wires near the start of the walk.

KANDY Botanical Gardens

This was the only place we saw SL Small barbet

DAILY ACCOUNT

19th Sept Friday

After a 24 hour delay! We left Heathrow on the 11.30 am flight with Kuwait Air transiting in Kuwait.

20th Sept Saturday

Arrived in Colombo at 6.30am, where we were picked up by our driver bird guide Sunil De Alwis from Baur tours. Headed to Ingiriya, which was inland from Colombo on the road towards Ratnapura. Checked into the Citizens rest Guest House and went for a walk in the forest in the afternoon.

21st Sept Sunday

Took an early morning walk at Ingiriya then headed off towards Sinharaja, stopped at a few birding spots on route. We left our Baur tours vehicle at the bottom of the hill near Sinharaja and got the exorbitantly priced jeep to take us up to Martin’s place. On arrival we had lunch then headed out for our first walk in the rainforest there with a local guide named Gurjit, he turned out to be very sharp and helped me get all the good birds.

22nd Sept Monday

Early breakfast followed by all morning birding, lunch back at martin’s place then afternoon birding to clean up on anything missed. Headed into the forest interior, scrabbled over rocks and up and down steep slopes but managed to get all the endemics.

23rd Sept Tuesday

Got jeep down from Martin’s place stopped on the way down walked into a patch of forest outside the park to get better views of spurfowl. Picked up the Baur tours vehicle with Sunil and headed to Uda Walawe checked into the Walawe Guest House (fairly soulless motel style place) the woods behind turned out to be pretty good though for birding.

24th Sept Wednesday

Spent the whole morning in Uda Walawe National Park (7am – 12 noon) after an early breakfast. Very good open country biding with lots of elephants. Had lunch back at the hotel then drove to Tissamaharama. On reaching the town we stopped at the regular site for white napped woodpecker in the palm groves, saw them quite late and then checked into Vikum lodge (probably the best accommodation aside from that in Unawatuna)

25th Sept Thursday

Had the first of 3 early morning starts, up at 4.50am and drove to the entrance of Yala West National Park where we looked for nightjars. On route back to Tissa we stopped at various tanks, there were fantastic numbers of birds present. Back at Vikum lodge did some more birding in the garden and the track just outside the grounds which was quite productive. Had breakfast and left about 9.30 for a long drive to Nurawa Eliya. We stopped on route at Surrey hills tea plantation for the roosting Wood Owl and a few other species. On arrival in Nurawa Eliya we checked into a fairly basic guest house on the edge of town over looking Lake Gregory. A much better option would be the Glendower further into town where we had dinner later in the evening.

26th September Friday

Up at 4.30am left the hotel after a quick cup of tea, reached Horton Plains around 6am stopped at the famous whistling thrush pool by the leopard sign. Spent several hours without luck at the site then drove to the main car park and did the 6 mile walk to Worlds end. Afterwards we stopped at Worlds end lodge for a beer and snack. We had a brief walk in Victoria Park late in the afternoon it turned out to be fairly quiet on the bird front and is much better in the winter I imagine.

27th September Saturday

Up at 4.30am again for a second attempt at the whistling thrush, looked around the ranger’s house as he reported seeing something the day before, but this turned out to be a blackbird. Spent 1 ½ hours at the pool but still no sign of the whistling thrush. We stopped for a feeding flock on the way down in a quite tall stand of trees. Then headed off to Kandy after breakfast where we checked into the Mcleod Inn which had good views of Kandy from the hillside. Had a walk in the botanical gardens and the temple of the tooth.

28th September Sunday

Up early left Kandy 7.45am drove to Unawatuna just west of Galle. Arrived at the beach around 2pm where we checked into the Sun n’ Sea for the next 4 nights, this turned out to be a lovely guest house with great Indian Ocean views.

29th September Monday

Sunbathing and snorkeling all day

30th September Tuesday

Day trip into Galle

1st October Wednesday

Good snorkeling with Green turtle and lots of tropical fish as the coral was sporing. Caught a bus to Koggala and checked out the lake and airfield (probably not the best idea!) Also seawatched for a short while.

2nd October Thursday

Left Unawatuna at approximately 3pm in a taxi, arrived at the airport 4 hours later and found a hotel for the night.

3rd October Friday

Caught the 7.40am flight to Kuwait and then onto London.

SPECIES LIST

1.        Barred Buttonquail (leggei)   One bird flushed from the path by jeep at Uda Walawe 24th Sept

2.        Sri Lanka Spurfowl   Flushed and heard at Sinharaja only seen properly below Sinharaja from the approach road 23rd Sept ♂♂♀♀♀

3.        Sri Lanka Junglefowl   A few seen at Sinharaja, Uda Walawe and Horton Plains

4.        Indian Peafowl   Fairly common at Uda Walawe and Tissa area

5.        Lesser Whistling Duck   A group of 10 birds seen not far from Colombo on a pond by the side of the road 20th Sept

6.        Lesser Yellownape (wellsi)  One bird Ingiriya 20th Sept

7.        Black Rumped Flameback (psarodes)   Fairly common throughout

8.        Sri Lanka Flameback (stricklandi)   Only seen at Sinharaja 21st Sept and pair Horton Plains 26th Sept

9.        White Naped Woodpecker (tantus)  Pair seen late in the day at the usual site at Tissa 24th Sept

10.     Brown Headed Barbet   Fairly common throughout lowlands

11.     Yellow Fronted Barbet   2 birds seen at Sinharaja 22nd Sept

12.     Ceylon Small Barbet (rubricapilla)  One bird seen high in dead trees at Kandy Botanical gardens 27th Sept

13.     Coppersmith Barbet   Only seen in the woods behind the guest house at Uda Walawe

14.     Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill   Two birds seen briefly at Ingiriya 20th Sept

15.     Malabar Pied Hornbill   Excellent views of a pair at Uda Walawe 24th Sept

16.     Common Hoopoe   Only 2 birds seen at Uda Walawe 23rd Sept

17.     Malabar Trogon   ♀ at Ingiriya 20th Sept and ♂ at Sinharaja 21st Sept

18.     Indian Roller   A few seen at Uda Walawe 24th Sept

19.     Common Kingfisher   One seen near Ingiriya 20th Sept

20.     White Throated Kingfisher   Very common throughout

21.     Green Bee Eater (ceylonicus)   A few at Uda Walawe24th Sept and Tissa 25th Sept

22.     Blue tailed Bee Eater   One perched on wires by Koggala airforce base west of Galle 1st Oct

23.     Chestnut Headed Bee Eater   Small numbers seen throughout lowlands

24.     Pied Cuckoo   One seen at Vikum lodge garden Tissa 25th Sept

25.     Asian Koel   Fairly common throughout lowlands

26.     Red Faced Malkoha   Two seen in a mixed feeding flock at Sinharaja 22nd Sept

27.     Green Billed Coucal   Only seen once at Ingiriya monastery giving excellent views 20th Sept

28.     Greater Coucal   Common throughout

29.     Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot   Heard and seen flying over regularly, only seen perched once 4 birds below Sinharaja from the approach road 21st Sept

30.     Alexandrine Parakeet   Fairly common throughout

31.     Rose Ringed Parakeet   Very common throughout

32.     Plum Headed Parakeet   ♂ seen at Uda Walawe 24th Sept

33.     Layard's Parakeet   Several flocks seen at SInharaja, again only seen perched once

34.     Indian Swiftlet   Fairly common throughout

35.     Asian palm Swift   Small numbers seen in the lowlands in the vicinity of palm trees!

36.     House Swift   A few seen around the towns

37.     Crested Tree-swift   A few seen at Sinharaja

38.     Brown Wood Owl (ochrogenys)   Two roosting birds seen at Surrey hills 25th Sept

39.     Chestnut Backed Owlet   One seen well at Sinharaja with the help of local guide Gurjit 22nd Sept

40.     Sri Lanka Frogmouth   ♂ seen several times on nest by the track at Sinharaja

41.     Jerdon's Nightjar (aequabilis)   Two birds seen before dawn just outside Yala National Park 25th Sept

42.     Indian Nightjar (eidos)  Three birds seen before dawn just outside Yala National Park 25th Sept

43.     Rock Pigeon   Common

44.     Sri Lanka Woodpigeon   Two seen Surrey Hills tea plantation 25th Sept, Seen at the whistling thrush site on Horton plains 26th and 27th Sept and also on the walk to worlds end at the same site 26th Sept

45.     Green Imperial Pigeon   small numbers in the lowlands

46.     Spotted Dove (ceylonesis)   Fairly common

47.     Emerald Dove (robinsoni)   Seen at Ingiriya and Sinharaja

48.     White Breasted Waterhen   A few seen in suitable habitat throughout

49.     Purple Swamphen   Only seen on large lilly pond near Tissa 25th Sept from the road

50.     Common Redshank   Good numbers at Tissa tanks 25th Sept

51.     Marsh Sandpiper   A few at Tissa tanks 25th Sept

52.     Common Greenshank   A few at Tissa tanks 25th Sept

53.     Wood Sandpiper   Uda Walawe 24th Sept and Tissa tanks 25th Sept

54.     Common Sandpiper   A few seen throughout on most dates

55.     Ruddy Turnstone   Tissa tanks 25th Sept

56.     Temminck's Stint   Tissa tanks 25th Sept

57.     Little Stint   Tissa tanks 25th Sept

58.     Curlew Sandpiper   Tissa tanks 25th Sept

59.     Indian Thick Knee (indicus)   Three birds seen in a garden close to the airport from the main road 20th Sept

60.     Black Winged Stilt   Fairly common in any areas of water

61.     Pheasant Tailed Jacana   Only seen on large lilly pond near Tissa 25th Sept from the road

62.     Pacific Golden Plover   20+ at Uda Walawe 24th Sept, common at Tissa tanks 25th Sept and good numbers on Koggala Air force field 1st Oct

63.     Little Ringed Plover   A few at Tissa tanks 25th Sept and Uda Walawe 24th Sept

64.     Kentish Plover   A few Tissa tanks 25th Sept

65.     Lesser Sand Plover   Common at Uda Walawe, Tissa tanks and Koggala Air force field

66.     Greater Sand Plover   A few seen at Tissa tanks 25th Sept

67.     Yellow Wattled Lapwing   Five birds seen on the short grass around the tanks at Tissa 25th Sept

68.     Red Wattled lapwing   Common in lowlands

69.     Gull Billed Tern   Seen at Tissa tanks 25th Sept

70.     Great Crested Tern   Seen from Unawatuna at sea on both 1st and 2nd Oct

71.     Little tern   Seen at Tissa tanks 25th Sept

72.     Whiskered Tern   Seen on the lakes at Uda Walawe 24th Sept

73.     Brahminy Kite   Fairly common throughout

74.     White Bellied Sea Eagle   3 birds seen on the large lake at Uda Walawe 24th Sept

75.     Grey Headed Fish Eagle   2 birds seen on the large lake at Uda Walawe 24th Sept

76.     Crested Serpant Eagle   One seen on route to Sinharaja 21st Sept, 5+ seen at Uda Walawe 24th Sept and one on route to Horton plains on 25th Sept

77.     Black Eagle   One seen Horton Plains 26th Sept

78.     Shikra   One at Uda Walawe 24th Sept and one at Unawatuna on the evening of 29th Sept

79.     Oriental Honey Buzzard   One over the hotel in Ingiriya 21st Sept, one seen just below SInharaja from the approach road 23rd Sept and one in off the sea at Unawatuna 2nd Oct

80.     Common Buzzard   Seen at Horton Plains 26th Sept and Uda Walawe 24th Sept

81.     Changeable Hawk Eagle   3+ birds seen on the large lake at Uda Walawe 24th Sept

82.     Little Grebe   A few seen throughout

83.     Darter   4 birds seen on the large lake at Uda Walawe 24th Sept

84.     Little Cormorant   Common in wetlands

85.     Indian Cormorant   Koggala lake on south coast west of Galle 1st Oct

86.     Little Egret   Common throughout

87.     Great Egret   A few seen at various wetland sites

88.     Intermediate Egret   Common throughout

89.     Cattle Egret   A few seen near Colombo

90.     Indian Pond Heron   Common throughout

91.     Grey Heron   Small numbers seen throughout

92.     Purple Heron   One on the large Lilly pond near Tissa seen from main road 24th Sept and Koggala lake 1st Oct

93.     Black Headed Ibis   Fairly common in suitable habitat

94.     Eurasian Spoonbill   20+ birds at Tissa tanks 25th Sept

95.     Spot Billed Pelican   3 birds seen on the large lake at Uda Walawe 24th Sept and 250+ on a tank between Tissa and the entrance to Yala National Park 25th Sept

96.     Painted Stork   Seen at Uda Walawe on 24th Sept and Tissa tanks 25th Sept

97.     Asian Openbill   3 birds near Colombo in paddy fields when turning away from the coast road and up into the hills on route to Ingiriya 20th Sept

98.     Wooly Necked Stork   2 birds seen at Uda Walawe on 24th Sept

99.     Lesser Adjutant   One loan bird seen at Uda Walawe on 24th Sept

100.  Golden Fronted Leafbird   On route to Sinharaja 21st Sept

101.  Sri Lanka Blue Magpie   Two birds outside the kitchen for the research station at Sinharaja 22nd Sept

102.  House Crow   Common throughout

103.  Large Billed Crow   Common throughout

104.  Ashy Woodswallow   Fairly common in lowlands

105.  Black hooded Oriole (ceylonesis)   Walawe guest house garden 23rd Sept and Koggala lake 1st Oct

106.  Black Headed Cuckooshrike   ♀ bird in Vikum lodge garden 25th Sept

107.  Small Minivet   A small group in trees near Walawe Guest House 23rd Sept

108.  Scarlet Minivet   Seen at Sinharaja and Horton Plains

109.  Bar Winged Flycatcher Shrike (leggei)   Seen at Sinharaja and Horton Plains

110.  White Browed fantail   Woods behind Walawe guest house 23rd Sept

111.  White Bellied Drongo (leucopygialis)   Ingiriya 20th Sept

112.  Ceylon Crested Drongo (lophorinus)   Ingiriya 20th Sept and Sinharaja 21st and 22nd Sept

113.  Black Naped Monarch (ceylonensis)   Ingiriya 20th Sept and Sinharaja 21st and 22nd Sept

114.  Common Iora   Seen at the citizens rest hotel Ingiriya 21st Sept and below SInharaja on the approach road 23rd Sept

115.  Ceylon Woodshrike (affinis)   One bird in Vikum lodge garden Tissa 25th Sept

116.  Spot Winged Thrush   Reasonable view late afternoon at Sinharaja in damp forest near research centre 21st Sept and one seen very close behind the kitchen at the research centre 22nd Sept

117.  Ceylon Scaly Thrush (imbricata)   Brief views late afternoon at Sinharaja in damp forest near research centre 21st Sept, a pair in the same place 22nd Sept and a very confiding bird on Horton Plains on the path to the world’s end, it basically walked over my girlfriend’s foot!

118.  Eurasian Blackbird (kinnisii)   Singles seen at Horton plains on 26th and 27th Sept at the whistling thrush pool and the walk to worlds end

119.  Dull Blue Flycatcher   Singles seen at Horton Plains on 26th and 27th Sept one in feeding flock on the worlds end walk, another at the whistling thrush pool and one in the feeding flock from the road on the way down

120.  Grey Headed Canary Flycatcher   Singles seen at Horton Plains on 26th and 27th Sept one in feeding flock on the worlds end walk and another at the whistling thrush pool

121.  Oriental Magpie Robin   only seen near Ingiriya 20th Sept and in woods behind Walawe guest house 23rd Sept

122.  Indian Robin (leucoptera)   Uda Walawe 24th Sept and Vikum lodge in Tissa 25th Sept

123.  Pied Bushchat (atrata)   Nurawa Eliya on the race course 25th Sept and Horton plains 26th Sept on the worlds end walk

124.  White Faced Starling   Only one seen at Sinharaja in a mixed feeding flock on the morning of 22nd Sept

125.  Common Myna (melanosturnus)   Uda Walawe 24th Sept and Vikum lodge 25th Sept

126.  Lesser Hill Myna (indica)  Surrey hills tea plantation 25th Sept

127.  Sri Lanka Myna   Seen at Sinharaja on 21st Sept 5 birds on an afternoon walk also seen on 22nd

128.  Velvet Fronted Nuthatch   Singles seen at Horton Plains on 26th and 27th Sept one on the worlds end walk and another at the whistling thrush pool

129.  Great Tit   Seen in the woods behind Walawe guest house 23rd Sept and Horton Plains on 26th and 27th Sept one in feeding flock on the worlds end walk and another at the whistling thrush pool

130.  Barn Swallow (gutteralis)   fairly common in open country and Horton plains

131.  Hill Swallow (domicola)   A few noted at Horton plains

132.  Ceylon Swallow (hyperythra)   A few seen on wires from the car in the lowlands

133.  Black Capped Bulbul (melanicterus)   Ingiriya forest 20th Sept and Sinharaja 21st Sept

134.  Yellow Eared Bulbul   Fairly common at Horton plains

135.  Red Vented Bulbul (haemorrhousus)   Very common

136.  White Browed Bulbul (insulae)   Ingiriya forest on 20th Sept and Vikum lodge garden 25th Sept

137.  Yellow Browed Bulbul   Ingiriya forest 20th Sept and Sinharaja 21st Sept

138.  Squaare-tailed Black Bulbul (humii)   A few seen at SInharaja 22nd Sept

139.  Grey Breasted Prinia (leggei)   Seen on short walk from Walawe guest house 23rd Sept and in the park itself, Uda Walawe, on 24th Sept

140.  Plain Prinia (insulans)   Vikum lodge Tissa 25th Sept

141.  Ashy Prinia (brevicauda)   Uda Walawe 24th Sept

142.  Zitting Cisticola   Uda Walawe 24th Sept and Horton Plains on 26th Sept in the moorland area

143.  Sri Lanka White-eye   Seen at Horton Plains on 26th and 27th Sept, on the worlds end walk and on both days at the whistling thrush pool, also seen in Victoria park Nurawa Eliya on 26th Sept

144.  Sri Lanka Bush Warbler   Only seen at the whistling thrush pool on Horton Plains mornings of 26th and 27th Sept

145.  Common Tailorbird (sutorius)   Ingiriya 20th and 21st Sept

146.  Green Warbler   Seen at the whistling thrush pool on Horton Plains mornings of 26th and 27th Sept

147.  Ashy Headed Laughing Thrush   Finally seen in mixed feeding flock at Sinharaja on 22nd Sept not easy but when the local guide found them we saw quite a few

148.  Brown Capped Babbler   One bird at Sinharaja on the afternoon of 22nd Sept, seen inside the forest feeding on the floor, quite difficult to pin down

149.  Ceylon Scimitar Babbler (melanurus)   Seen with mixed feeding flock at Sinharaja on 22nd Sept and Horton Plains on 26th Sept in a mixed feeding flock on the worlds end walk

150.  Tawny Bellied Babbler (phillipsi)   Seen on a short walk from Vikum lodge Tissa on 25th Sept

151.  Dark Fronted Babbler   Seen at Ingiriya 20th and 21st Sept and Sinharaja 22nd Sept

152.  Yellow Eyed Babbler (nasale)   Seen at Uda Walawe 24th Sept and on a short walk from Vikum lodge Tissa on 25th Sept

153.  Orange Billed Babbler   Feeding flock at Sinharaja in morning of 22nd Sept and seen in association with laughing thrushes in the afternoon of the same day

154.  Yellow Billed Babbler (taprobanus)   Ingiriya 20th Sept, in woods behind Walawe guest house 23rd Sept, Uda Walawe 24th Sept and near Vikum lodge 25th Sept

155.  Ashy Crowned Sparrow Lark   One bird Tissa tanks 25th Sept

156.  Oriental Skylark   Fairly common at Uda Walawe 24th Sept

157.  Legge's Flowerpecker   ♂♀ Sinharaja 21st Sept

158.  Pale Billed Flowerpecker (ceylonense)   Seen in mixed feeding flock at Sinharaja on morning of 22nd Sept, in the woods behind Walawe guest house 23rd Sept and on the walk to worlds end at Horton plains on 26th Sept

159.  Purple Rumped Sunbird (zeylonica)   Ingiriya 20th Sept, Sinharaja 21st Sept, near Vikum lodge 25th Sept and Koggala airfield 1st Oct

160.  Purple Sunbird   Seen in the woods behind Walawe guest house 23rd Sept, Uda Walawe 24th Sept and near Vikum lodge 25th Sept

161.  Loten's Sunbird (lotenia)   Only seen at Sinharaja 21st Sept

162.  House Sparrow   Only seen a couple of times, on route to Sinharaja 21st Sept and Uda Walawe 24th Sept

163.  Yellow Wagtail (thunbergi)   A few of the grey headed variety seen at Uda Walawe 24th Sept

164.  Grey Wagtail   Fairly common at Horton plains and seen at Victoria park Nurawa Eliya 26th Sept

165.  Paddyfield Pipit   Fairly common in grassland habitat

166.  White Rumped Munia   Seen at Ingiriya 20th Sept

167.  Scaly Breasted munia   Seen on route to SInharaja 23rd Sept and below Horton plains 27th Sept

168.  Black Throated Munia (kelaarti)   4 seen on the worlds end walk at Horton plains quite close to the start near the car park 26th Sept

169.  Black Headed Munia   Seen at Uda Walawe 24th Sept