Category Archives: Latest GOB Articles

Give me my Raptor today… II (This article first appeared in the March 2014 edition of ‘Birdwatching’) Mrs Grumpy and I are fans of Van Morrison and whenever we sing along to ‘Give me my rapture today…” we change rapture … Continue reading →

Rose-coloured Binoculars (This article first appeared in the February 2014 edition of ‘Birdwatching’) I’m waiting for the perfect winter raptor day to dawn bright blue, crisp and frosty – a clear day when I can see far across flat fields. … Continue reading →

This Other Eden (This article first appeared in the January 2014 edition of ‘Birdwatching’) January 1st may be ‘hangover day’ for many, but for me it always marks the start of the year list so its barely light when I open … Continue reading →

The End of Days (This article first appeared in the December 2013 edition of ‘Birdwatching’) In the Bahman Yasht, the book of the oldest monotheistic religion – Zoroastrianism, the end of days is… …a time when the sun is more … Continue reading →

November (This article first appeared in the November 2013 edition of ‘Birdwatching’) Thomas Hood famously wrote: No sun – no moon! No morn – no noon – No dawn – no dusk – no proper time of day. No warmth, … Continue reading →

Squaring the Circle (This article first appeared in the October 2013 edition of ‘Birdwatching’) Country File Investigates… …my fat backside! I used to watch country file every week because, in the old days, sandwiched between sheepdog trials and hedge-laying there … Continue reading →

Weasels Take Over the Wild Wood (This article first appeared in the September 2013 edition of ‘Birdwatching’) The minister squirmed away from the BBC interrogator. The question, which he failed to answer three times, was ‘…how big a reduction in … Continue reading →

Serial Killers (This article first appeared in the August 2013 edition of ‘Birdwatching’) At the Bird Fair a couple of years ago I had a bizarre conversation about hunting with a very well known American writer on the natural world. … Continue reading →

All Things Come… (This article first appeared in the July 2013 edition of ‘Birdwatching’) I have been known to cite my arthritic condition as the reason behind my birding method – patiently waiting for birds to just turn up. I … Continue reading →

The No Show Man (This article first appeared in the June 2013 edition of ‘Birdwatching’) A week or two back I looked out to see seven Ring-necked Parakeets on my washing line. They may not belong in the UK, but … Continue reading →