Category Archives: Latest GOB Articles

Swift Justice  (This article first appeared in the Autumn 2015 edition of ‘Birdwatching’ magazine) Six swifts sped past my office window distracting me from my keyboard slavery. The screen’s hypnotic grasp eluded, I nipped downstairs for some fresh air and … Continue reading →

What will they think of next…. (This article first appeared in the September 2015 edition of ‘Birdwatching’ magazine) “I’m not sure, I didn’t look to see if there is anything about”… was my reply to Hawkeye as we drove towards … Continue reading →

Road Rage (This article first appeared in the August 2015 edition of ‘Birdwatching’ magazine) I was asked to speak at the Scottish Bird Fair – or to give it its proper title ‘Scotland’s Big Nature Festival’, and knowing that there … Continue reading →

Vintage Birds… (This article first appeared in the July 2015 edition of ‘Birdwatching’ magazine) Waiting while Hawkeye found more ways to spend my ‘hard earned’ in ‘George’ at Asda my eye’s corner spied the Herring Gulls on the grass verge … Continue reading →

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 →