Galway’s Land National Park is a small national Park situated within the city limits of Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka. The Park was declared as a wildlife sanctuary on 27 May 1938. The Galway’s Land was elevated to the national park status on 18 May 2006.The park was declared to conserve the montane ecosystems . Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka considers that the Victoria park of Nuwara Eliya and the Galway’s Land as two of the most significant birding sites in Sri Lanka. Galway’s Land harbours about 20 rare migrant bird species and 30 native species. Apart from the avifauna, the park has valuable floral species of both native and foreign origin .The main entrance to the Park is situated at Nuwara Eliya, on Udupussellawa road.
Trees in Galway’s Land National Park
- Damba දඹ Syzygium spp
- Keena කීන Callophyllum spp
- Bombu බෝඹු Symplocos cordifolia
- Sapu සපු Michelia nilagirica
- Eucalyptus යුකැලිප්ටස් Eucalyptus spp
- Accacia ඇකේසියා Accacia spp
Wildlife in Galway’s Land National Park
Birds
Endemic
- Sri Lanka Yellow Eraed bulbul ලංකා කහකන් කොණ්ඩයා
- Whistling thrush ලංකා උරුවන් තිරාසිකයා
- Junglefowl ලංකා වලිකුකුළා
- Dullblue Flycatcher ලංකා නිලන මැසිමාරා
- Grey Hornbill අළුකෑදැත්තා
- White Eye ලංකා සිතාසියා
- Scimitar Babbler දෑ දෙමලිච්චා
- Brown Capped Babbler ලංකා බොරග දෙමලිච්චා
- Wood Pigeon මයිලගොයා
Foreign
- Forest Wagtail වන හැලපෙන්දා
- Brown Shrike බොර සබරිත්තා
- Indian pitta අවිච්චියා
Butterflies
- Ceylon Tiger
- Indian Red Admiral
- Common blue bottle
- Common Birdwing
- Great Eggfly Common Rose
- Blue Admiral
- Common Sailor
Reptiles
- Aspidura spp ලේ මැඬිල්ල
- Calotes Nigrilabris කළු කොපුල් කටුස්සා
- Ceratohora Stoddartii අං කටුස්සා
- Cophotis Zeylanica කුරු බෝදිලිමා
Mammals
- Hog Deer වැලි මුවා Axis Porcinus
- wild boar වල් ඌරා Sus scrofa
- Giant Squirrel දඬු ලේනා Ratufa macroura
