The f8 Group: Photography and Occasional Commentary: Take your camera for a Walk in the Garden

Because of an early flight out of Colombo I had to spend the night in an airport hotel next to the airport.

The Gateway Hotel is set in a large expanse of garden two kilometres from the airport so, with a few hours to kill, I wandered though the gardens to see if there were many birds about. As it happened it was great with more than nine species of bird seen - and a palm squirrel - in the space of only a couple of hours. Here are some of the pictures...