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GOB 195 – Survivors

Posted on 1st August 2025 by Bo Beolens

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

Posted on 1st August 2025 by Bo Beolens

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…

Posted on 1st August 2025 by Bo Beolens

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 192 – The Mad Hatter

Posted on 23rd February 2025 by Bo Beolens

This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine in March 2025 I knew it was March because the hares were going mad; haring across the fields. Three chased each other, stopped, thought about it and then chased each other back the … Continue reading →

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GOB 191 – Reasons to be…

Posted on 23rd February 2025 by Bo Beolens

This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine in February 2025 If you have stuck with me for the last two decades, you may recall a piece (2010) called ‘reasons to be cheerful…’ (To be fair the first 400 words were … Continue reading →

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GOB 190 – Where there’s muck…

Posted on 23rd February 2025 by Bo Beolens

This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine in January 2025 I saw my first Lion in the wild with its legs sprawled either side of a low bough, lolling in the rising sun amid the long grass of a National … Continue reading →

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GOB 189 – Mundane Magic

Posted on 23rd February 2025 by Bo Beolens

This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine in December 2024 I was watering our roof terrace containers… (I’ll stop swanking, we live on a hill and our sunken garage roof is fenced in and tiled.) As I turned back toward … Continue reading →

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GOB 188 – A Bee In My Bonnet

Posted on 23rd February 2025 by Bo Beolens

This article first appeared on page 19 of Birdwatching Magazine December 2024 Back in lockdown I kept a diary… inevitably my tiny yard featured heavily. After all, where else could I go? I’m a gardener, albeit a bit of a … Continue reading →

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GOB 187 – The Cat, the Frog and the Blackbird

Posted on 3rd November 2024 by Bo Beolens

This article first appeared on page 19 of Birdwatching Magazine November 2024 The Cat, the frog and the blackbird… sounds like one of Aesop’s Fables. However, it is an experience bringing to mind how the animal kingdom, with the exception … Continue reading →

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GOB 186 – Pay it forward…

Posted on 3rd November 2024 by Bo Beolens

This article first appeared on page 19 of Birdwatching Magazine Autumn 2024 A while ago I was approached by a remarkable woman asking for help for a project she set up. Lucy Mathen, an Indian-born British BBC journalist, often reported … Continue reading →

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