Sinharaja rain forest (09/11/2008 to 12/11/2008)

Sinharaja forest reserve is one of the least disturbed and biologically unique lowland rain forest in Sri lanka. This forest covers an extent of about 11187 hectares from east to west .The length of the forest is about 21km and width from North to South is about 3.7km.It was declared a Man and Biosphere Reserve (MAB) in 1978,as representative of tropical humid evergreen forest Eco system in Sri Lanka and has been recognized by UNESCO as part of it?s International Network of Biosphere reserves. It was declared a National wilderness area in 1988 and lately a world heritage site in 1989.It is situated in the southwest lowland wet zone of the country in the districts of Ratnapura, Galle and Matara. The average annual temperature of Sinharaja is 23.6 C. Annual rainfall is more than 2500mm.The rain fall is well distributed during two monsoons, May to July and October to December.

Pitawala pathana-Mathale (14/12/2007 & 15/12/2007)

මාර්‍ගය
මහනුවර සිට A9 මාර්‍ග‍ය ඔස්සේ මාතලේ නගරයට පැමිණ මාතලේ-රත්තොට මාර්‍ගය ඔස්සේ රත්තොට නගරයට පැමි‍‍ණෙණ්න.ඉන්පසු ඔබට Riverstan පිටවල පතන වෙත යාමට අපහසු නොවනු ඇත.
PATH
From Colombo go to Kandy and then go to Matale in A9 route. From there, turn to Raththota road and come to Raththota town. Take the right turn from the three-way junction in Raththota town. It will lead you to Ilukkumbura - Puwakpitiya. the turn to Riverstan is at the 28th km post, and 3km down in Ilukkumbura road you can find Pitawala Pathana, and in about another kilometer's distance is the Pitawala Pathana Mini World's End.

Udawalawa National Park (21/12/2007 & 22/12/2007)

2 days before the last christmas (in 2007) i visited Udawalawa national park with my friends.The Udawalawe National Park situated in the dry zone of the country and belonging to Sabaragamuwa & Uva provinces. The park area is 30,821 ha. The park was established in 1972.

Changeable Hawk-eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

White-bellied Fish-eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster

WilD LiFe SrILaNka

Though Sri Lanka is very small in land area, the great diversity in habitats harbors are a rich and diverse fauna and flora, with many species endemic to the island. Inside the Island there are lots of National parks, sanctuaries.
Inside this blog i am trying to introduce photographs which i took during my visit to those places.
During my primary school days i used to observe the nature and wild life. I read books on wild life ( not read actually, but watched the beautiful wildlife pictures inside those books) Because my father was a librarian at that library i read all the wild life book of that library. I tried to sketch animal pictures by looking at them.
After i joined the University of Moratuwa for my higher studies i study the nature in another angle. That is photography.
I have a SONY H-5 camera which i bought in 2006 and i took all my photos from it. I hopint to buy a SLR camera in next year.