Dispatches from Yala
From the wild.
Field notes and reflections from the edge of Yala National Park. The animals, the land, the hours between.
Field notes
George and the neem tree
Our resident peacock has one favourite tree, one daily ritual, and absolutely no interest in your opinion about either.
Wildlife
Why dawn is the best safari hour
The animals are at water before the sun is. Why the first hour after the gates open is the one you carry home.
Conservation
The leopards we don't see
The arithmetic of an apex predator in a small park, and what absence tells you about presence.