Category Archives: Latest GOB Articles

Blackcap… (This article first appeared in the June 2015 edition of ‘Birdwatching’ magazine) There is something immensely charming about a Blackcap. Their Jet black or red-brown bonnet setting off the subtle grey throat and belly and washed out olive wings, … Continue reading →

Listing to one side… (This article first appeared in the May 2015 edition of Birdwatching Magazine) Somewhere wreathed in mist and hidden by a time vortex is the schism that divided those who need to note their observations and those … Continue reading →

Hands up who like fluffy kittens? (This article first appeared in the April 2015 edition of Birdwatching magazine) Hands up who likes furry pets, penguins and Puffins. OK. Now, hands up who likes starlings, snakes and spiders. A few generations … Continue reading →

Declinism (This article first appeared in the March 2015 Edition of Birdwatching) Regular readers will know that I am a greybeard. My tertials show signs of wear, I’m in moult and my plumage is leucistic! It’s as well I am … Continue reading →

Let’s Shake On It (This article first appeared in the February 2015 Edition of Birdwatching) Popular myth would have it that we used to be a nation of ladies gentlemen… our word was our bond. The great and good had … Continue reading →

What have you done today to make you feel proud? (This article first appeared in the January Edition of Birdwatching) So asked Heather Small on her album ‘Proud’. Two things led to me asking myself, and you, that question. The … Continue reading →

Go Ahead… Make My Day (This article first appeared in the January 2015 edition of Birdwatching magazine) I was lying in bed counting diving Gannets. (When you get to my age sleep is like a birding tour, every day you … Continue reading →

Shoes, Ships & Sealing Wax… (This article first appeared in the December 2014 edition of Birdwatching magazine) Birding has gone all hi-tech lately, with apps and software, anti-shake bins and pictures taken through your scope by mobile phones, but have … Continue reading →

Jollies, Junkets, Freebies & Fam Trips (This article first appeared in the November 2014 edition of Birdwatching magazine) It astounds me that those who have get more, and those who haven’t often get that taken away! Stars attending galas leave … Continue reading →

Record Breakers (This article first appeared in the October 2014 edition of Birdwatching) When an old mate of mine got his newly retired dad into birding some of the birds he saw were a surprise. Before he ticked Swallow he … Continue reading →