Beddegana wetland park is located amidst the heart of the Administrative capital Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte and minutes away from the hustle and bustle of the city. The park’s location within the declared “Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Bird Sanctuary” and highly urban built environment sets the stage for its paradigm importance. This 18-hectare territory is home to many aquatic birds and many other faunal species such as butterflies, dragonflies, and mammals native to Sri Lankan and Asian wetlands. Apart from that, this marsh area is a popular stopover of migratory birds. During the migratory season, one can catch sight of the diverse flocks of shorebirds or waders including plovers and sandpipers.

It has been recorded that 50 species of birds, 20 species of fish,119 species of butterflies make this wetland their habitat and endangered mammals included in the IUCN red list such as a fishing cat is among the resident species of mammals.