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GOB 199 – The Darling Birds of May
This article first appeared in the Autumn 2025 Edition of Birdwatching Magazine As spring stuttered to a close, I had an overdue outing, just a couple of morning hours birding. I chose an area of land accessed via the bottom … Continue reading
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GOB 198 – The Slow Miracle
This article first appeared in the September 2025 Edition of Birdwatching Magazine I’ve been feeling my age of late. At times, it feels like Groundhog Day, as every 24 hours life seems to reset to the same old same old. … Continue reading
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GOB 197 – Wonderfully Woke
This article first appeared in the August 2025 Edition of Birdwatching Magazine A ruling party MP was challenging proposed planning legislation, as has every conservation organisation in the UK. Another ruling party MP labelled him part of the ‘Hedgehog Hezbollah’. Intemperate language … Continue reading
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GOB 196 – If the Government Won’t Do It, We Have To!
This article first appeared in the July 2025 Edition of Birdwatching Magazine Sir Isaac Walton, friend of the poet John Donne and author of The Complete Angler wrote about my local river… the Kentish Stour, a river then famous for its run … Continue reading
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GOB 195 – Survivors
This article first appeared in the June 2025 Edition of Birdwatching Magazine We do what we must to survive… Strategies are more ‘built in’ to birds than to us, but behaviour does change – back in the day when milkmen … Continue reading
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GOB 194 – The Big Sit
This article first appeared in the May 2025 Edition of Birdwatching Magazine Many birders will take part in a bird race; chasing around the country, from dawn to dusk at the beginning of May. I think that the record in … Continue reading
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GOB 193 – Bring a friend…
This article first appeared in the April 2025 Edition of Birdwatching Magazine Nearly four decades ago, living in London, I used to escape to the country at the weekends, most often with a friend. We used to stay at her … Continue reading
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GOB 193 – Bring a Friend…
Nearly four decades ago, living in London, I used to escape to the country at the weekends, most often with a friend. We used to stay at her mum’s in Bournemouth and go to the New Forest, the Dorset Heaths … Continue reading
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