Category Archives: Latest GOB Articles

This article first appeared in the August 2021 edition of Birdwatching Magazine You might be planning your next overseas birding jaunt, but Hawkeye is not ready to brave the dangers of a post-covid world. Perhaps in Autumn I can tempt … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the July 2021 edition of Birdwatching Magazine The epidemic taught us that the wild world does best when we shut ourselves in and hardly travel. We also learnt that while nature is best left to … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the June 2021 edition of Birdwatching magazine I try to avoid politics in these pieces… as you might suspect I’m as rampant in my politics as I am in everything else. However, the recent change … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the May 2021 edition of Birdwatching magazine A few winters back a fieldfare found the apples we string up for the Parrots and chomped his way through them for a fortnight. This year our minuscule … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the April 2021 edition of Birdwatching magazine Not long after WW2 the types and uses of plastic multiplied exponentially. The new ‘wonder of the age’ material began to replace wooden, tin and paper in toys. … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the March 2021 edition of Birdwatching magazine I want to talk about what goes on in the smallest room in the house (mind you the way they build homes these days that could be any … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the February 2021 edition of Birdwatching magazine I’m always a day late for sea watching. When a good day is promised I’m otherwise engaged or doubt the forecast and miss the epic accumulations of seabirds. … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the January 2021 Edition of Birdwatching Magazine You will not be surprised to see me called a grumpy old birder. Indeed, I have been called a miserable old git ever since I was in a … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine December 2020 There is nothing quite like a walk in the woods in Autumn. The pattern of the leaf litter is a thing of immense beauty. Nature creates pleasing forms and consistent shapes … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the November 2020 edition of Birdwatching Magazine Given that the majority of people think that access to the countryside is a necessity, and that many more people started needing nature in their lives in the … Continue reading →