Category Archives: Latest GOB Articles

This article first appeared in the Autumn 2023 edition of Birdwatching Magazine The southeast of this country has 85% of the world’s chalk streams… a higher percentage of special habitat than Peru has cloud forest and rarer than Madagascar’s dry … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the September 2023 edition of Birdwatching Magazine “Is that a Marsh Frog?” I asked Hawkeye as we sat on the viewing ramp overlooking the vast reedbeds of a local reserve. “Nope” came a voice behind … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the August 2023 edition of Birdwatching Magazine Avid followers of this column will recall my childlike delight when no less than two hedgehogs managed to scale my walls and take up residence. As I write … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the July 2023 edition of Birdwatching Magazine I have no birding rivals, so I’ve no idea why I set myself birding targets. Maybe it’s because the older I get the harder it is to motivate … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the June 2023 edition of Birdwatching Magazine As parliamentary constituency boundaries change, lots of politicians scrabble to get selected as party candidates. This means our doormats will be covered in pamphlets and our email in-boxes … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the May 2023 edition of Birdwatching Magazine Hawkeye is a carnivore, and a hunter. She’d have to be really hungry to chase down a bird for the table, but otherwise the hunting instinct is strong. … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the April 2023 edition of Birdwatching Magazine “Every day with an owl in it, is a good day” as Hawkeye said to me the other day… that particular day had three Short-eared Owls quartering the … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the Spring edition of Birdwatching Magazine Anyone remember the ScFi film ‘Soylent Green’? To condense the plot it was a dystopian world where everyone ate a green paste supposedly produced from soya beans, but, the … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the March 2023 edition of Birdwatching Magazine In the early days of the USSR some production targets were set by weight. When the head of a bedstead factory was slipping behind and in danger of … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the February 2023 edition of Birdwatching Magazine There are more than 600,000 breeding pairs of Goldcrests in the UK and an estimated  five million that overwinter! How come it took until 1st of October for … Continue reading →