It's still raining! Very pleasant though. I had plans today for a trip up to Madampe but I have put it on hold until the weather improves. It is muggy and mild with a light breeze and temperatures around 27 at midday. Having just arrived at the hotel to get a message to Jenny I caught sight of the news which is devastating to say the least, when will it ever end. Hatred in the name of religion yet again.  I know Sri Lanka has had its problems with separatists but in the main, they seem to be able to coexist here together in a melting pot of religions, a lesson to the rest of the world perhaps?

Seems trivial to talk about mundane things now after such an awful thing but life goes on for the rest of us I suppose.

As you may have noticed I had some good success with Purple pumped Sunbirds yesterday and today as I had breakfast I tried for more and did a little better.  This is a male with the iridescent head. 

The little purple patch on the rump and flanks can't be seen in this picture but on the next image you can see it clearly.