Beddagana Wetland Park

Beddagana Wetland Park

park built on a wetland very recently. That is Diyatha Uyana in Battaramulla. Both the parks are bordered by the same lake, Diyawanna Oya. But they are very much different in nature. Diyatha Uyana is a developed park, constructed on a wetland, to contain a large number of people at once and to facilitate exercisers (so land is filled up mostly), where Beddagana Wetland Park is literally a wetland. There are footpaths and some huts, other than that, it is all a wetland.

The park is situated in ‘Beddagana’ (that is how it gets its name), Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. And it is maintained by the ‘Urban Development Authority’. There is a small entrance fee for both locals and foreigners.

The entrance and the parking area are at a corner of the park. You don’t have to worry about parking spaces, there are plenty of space. To reach the ticketing counter, you have to walk little far into the park. It is because the arrangement of the park has changed recently with opening of the car park. The first thing you will meet in Beddagana Wetland Park, is ‘Migratory Birds Trail’.

It is basically an open area filled with plants and small trees and a natural water reservoir and marshland in the center. There are a number of types of birds around that water body. Most of them are said to be migratory birds. You will see birds here through out the year, but in migratory birds’ season, you will see a whole lot of birds here. Due to which, Beddagana Wetland Park is highly sought after by bird lovers.

Park School

At the end of the Migratory Birds Trail, you will meet a school. Yes, you heard correctly, it is the ‘Park School’. It is intended to give introductions and knowledge to small groups on bio-diversity, wetland management, conservation, etc.

Park School

 When you walk passing the park school, you will reach the ticketing counter. Please note that plastic bottles and containers are not allowed in the park. If you have any of them in your possession, you have to keep them at the ticketing counter.