Bird Watching at KumanaKumana national park is located in the south east of Sri Lanka and is also known as Yala east national park. The park spreads out in an area of 18,149 hectares and is famously known as a bird sanctuary. The park is outlined by the Kumbukkan oya from the south, the 'Kumana villu' is a swap lake that spreads out to 200 hectares moreover the park is dotted with shallow lagoons and tanks that the birds feed off from. The wetlands of the park are surrounded by the shrub forests of the dry zone.
There have been sightings of 255 species of birds at this park; during the months of April to July thousands of birds migrate to Kumana, many of the water birds can be spotted at the park during the months of May and June. A few of the birds that could be spotted at the premises are black-necked stork, lesser adjutant, Eurasian spoonbill, great thick-knee, Scolopacidae, Charadriidae, waterfowl and pintail snipes. Apart from the birds Asian elephants, European otter, Golden jackals and wild boar also visit the swamp to feed on it.
