Hurrah! In the wake of the prolonged and heavy rains this year, we have two new bird sightings to report from the Savista garden! Our most recent residents are the Blue Bearded Bee-Eater and the Black-Crowned Night Heron. It is possible that the Blue Bee-Eater may have got drawn to our luxuriant winged insect life […]

The Khejri trees on the Savista estate that were pruned (and some pollarded) last winter, have all got back their dense green foliage. The sheep in the area are probably already eyeing their winter feed, and if there is a ‘social network’ that is active among them, the message has probably already gone out that […]

Sunbirds, starlings and drongos are outshining each other (and other birds) in our garden these days. Here’s a little bit about the smallest and most beautiful of these creatures… the purple sunbird! The  purple sunbird, distinguished by the jewel-like metallic purple-blue on its back,  is one of the most visible birds around the flowering shrubs […]