Welcome to the Grumpy Old Birder
I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven – Emily Dickinson
Men can be fickle, but birds I always trust – Lord Varys, Game of Thrones
This website is a repository for my writing whether it be my regular column, occasional articles or links to my books.
As of November 2024 there are 187 ‘GOB’ articles… and several from other publications as well as an occasional rant. Half are also Podcasts, so if you can’t be arsed to read them just scroll to the bottom of the article and click on the audio file… that way you get to hear my dulcet tones without any effort at all.
On this site you will also find details of my other publications… mostly rather ‘academic’ works on various animal eponyms with biographies of the people so honoured, but there is also a book of my anecdotes (signed copies will be available through this site) for somewhat lighter reading.
Meanwhile I am being a lot less grumpy on some other sites such as my ‘summer Blog’ Fat Gardener a safari in my tiny urban garden… but if its rants you want I am a lot more grumpy on others such as the non-birding Angry Old Bloke rants not part of this site…
…and my latest book was published early 2024 – The Eponym Dictionary of Fishes
Go back to 2014 for my anecdotal travel log…
