Just east of Hambantota a series of salt pans - some still in use, some disused - attract large numbers of waders and shore birds, including greater flamingo, spot-billed pelican, several species of plover and tern, gulls, ducks, egrets, sandpipers and many others. From west to east this 16km (10-mile) chain of salt ponds comprises Karagan Lewaya, lying between Hambantota village and the mainland; Maha Lewaya, a working salt pan on the main road, easy to spot because of the gleaming piles of white salt heaped up ready for collection; Malala Lewaya, Embilikala Kalapuwa, and finally Bundala Lewaya, which is regarded as one of Sri Lanka's best wetland birding sites within the Bundala National Park.
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