You might never have thought of going to Sri Lanka for bird-watching, but it’s always a good idea to heed the advice of the locals – even the ancient ones. About 5,000 years ago, at what is now ...

As migratory birds of all shapes and shades start flocking to Sri Lanka for the northern hemisphere winter, prominent local environmental lawyer and naturalist Jagath Gunawardena prepares to once ...

Sri Lanka has recorded over 50 species of seabirds — birds that spend much of their lives at sea — within its territorial waters, including several long-distance migratory birds that travel thousands ...

Over the years, Dr T.S.U. de Zylva has perhaps been Sri Lanka’s most successful photographer of wildlife, with a special emphasis on birds. Writing the foreword to his book Birds of Lanka in 1984, ...

The Wildlife Conservation Department, together with the support of the people, intends to run a protected area network mainly aiming to conserve bird species that have recently been listed as ...