Wild Pig
Back into some drier areas 2 Grey-headed Wagtails were feeding, an Indian Roller showed and Ashoka found a Sri Lanka Woodshrike sitting on a nest. Just before lunch we stopped to view a large brackish pool in the distance where a massive Black-necked Stork was visible through the heat haze.
Time for some lunch next to the beach on the site of the former Visitor Centre. This building was washed away by the devastating Tsunami on boxing day 2004 and a plaque commemorates the lives of the 47 people who lost their lives on the reserve. It’s hard to imagine the destruction caused on what now appears to be an idyllic paradise.
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