Category Archives: Latest GOB Articles

This article first appeared in the July edition of Birdwatching Magazine Our current government, worried about an environmental campaign at an upcoming by-election, announced several re-introduction projects, of eagles, beavers and pine martins. Thereby showing its naivety and complete lack … Continue reading →

This first appeared inn the June 2026 Birdwatching Magazine A ludicrous percentage of new housing is still being built on floodplains. An even more ridiculous percentage is being built on greenfield sites on the edge of southeast towns and villages. … Continue reading →

This article first appeared on page 19 of the May 2026 edition of Birdwatching magazine I’ve written before of the most wanted lifer, which I encountered on a huge boulder as we forded a stream in India. A ‘jungle’ Wallcreeper … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the April 2026 edition of Birdwatching Magazine  The Office for Environmental Protection watchdog has said that the UK government will not meet its targets to save wildlife in England and Northern Ireland and is failing … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the March 2026 edition of Birdwatching Magazine  The last time I stood glass in hand, surrounded by people counting down to midnight, must have been in the 1980s. Being a curmudgeonly hermit, I don’t miss … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the January 2026 edition of Birdwatching Magazine Discounting cats (if only!) and birds (never gonna happen), Common Frogs sit at the top of the food chain in my postage-stamp yard. Foxes haven’t found a way … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the December 2025 of Birdwatching Magazine Family myth has it that, when my mum was pregnant with me, a wasp went down the back of her dress and stung her seven times. Sadly, I can … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the November 2025 Edition of Birdwatching Magazine I last visited Bird Fair pre-Covid, and was struck then that, in late July, the harvest was well under way in the heart of England. As a boy, … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the October 2025 Edition of Birdwatching Magazine For my 200th Grumpy Article, a tribute to an ‘ordinary’ birder… Brian Anderson (1938-2025) was not a top lister, leading campaigner or expert birder; never presented a TV show … Continue reading →