Category Archives: Latest GOB Articles

Chauvinism – the British do it better!  This article appeared in the September 2011 edition of Birdwatch When a quarter of the world map was pink and God was an Englishman we assumed that we were, by and large, getting it … Continue reading →

Cats, Crows & Culling This article appeared in the August 2011 edition of Birdwatch I am flattered by the editor describing me as the UKs most controversial birding columnist… I am about to live up to his billing as I delight … Continue reading →

Migration Misery  This article appeared in the Spring 2011 edition of Bird Art & Photography God forbid that I am getting mellow as I mature, or should that be moulder? Today I have been seriously silly and unwarranted smiles have limped … Continue reading →

GOB 20 – Reasons to be grumpy, part one…  This article appeared in Bird Art & Photography I have lost count lately, of the number of times I’ve lain in bed looking out at the weather and wondering if I … Continue reading →

Doing the right thing… This article appeared in Bird Art & Photography Why isn’t doing the right thing easy? I am a friend to all things feathered; I feed fistfuls of the finest food (courtesy of Jacobi Jayne™) to every … Continue reading →

The Culling Fields  This article appeared in Bird Art & Photography Years ago, as I sat with my back against a pine tree, gazing at a crystal clear lake in the Serbian mountains, I heard scratching from the tree next … Continue reading →

For Birds, For People, for goodness sake! This article appeared in Bird Art & Photography I hold these things to be self-evident – to conserve wild birds and wild places the whole population must learn to love them. If you … Continue reading →

A Bird for Two Farthings [This one never made the magazine – as a very similar article was published that month in a rival magazine…] “When I were a lad we didn’t ‘ave two ‘a’pennies to rub together, and now … Continue reading →

Coming of Age  This article first appeared in Birds Illustrated Dear readers, until today I have, I confess, been misleading you all! Today I can reveal that I have become what I always purported to be! I’ve always been grumpy, … Continue reading →

How to be a super-cool birder…  This article first appeared in Birds Illustrated How can you become a super cool birder? The short answer, of course, is you can’t. I mean have you seen what we wear? Some of us … Continue reading →