NUWERA ELIYA

We were in the hill country of Sri Lanka, heading for Hakgala and Nuwera Eliya to birdwatch. Our target species: Indian pitta, pied bushchat, yellow-eared bulbul, SL wood pigeon. Unfortunately, our timing was bad and we arrived smack bang around noon. At this time there were next to no birds in Hakgala, so we moved on to Nuwera Eliya. Victoria Park was a pleasant surprise, giving us the joy of seeing oriental magpie-robin, common tailorbird, scaly-breasted munia, great tit and (most of all) a single grey wagtail, an almost-lifer for me. Unfortunately, I couldn't photograph the wagtail but here is one of the tit and one of the tailorbird.

A female common tailorbird. You can tell because it has a short, not long tail, unlike the male.

A great tit

Victoria Park is certainly a place we must visit in the future. Hakgala? Not so good.