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Rants from Fatbirder
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Average audio length:
5 minutes
English
United Kingdom
71 episodes
since June 29, 2017
episodic
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GOB 100 Birding
This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine February 2018
Like my childhood self I am in awe of the vast blueness of sky over the summer reed-bed. Is this ineffable depth, breadth and beauty God? Unknowable and visceral, my sated awe becomes tranquillity.
But not silence…
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GOB 99 Tree Huggers & Tree Muggers
This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine January 2018
Who could resist running one’s hand along the skin-smooth bark of a beech tree or hugging a hornbeam? Can anyone doubt the primal pleasure of hearing the wind ruffling the leaves of a poplar o…
GOB 97 Garden Cities
This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine November 2017
I watched the World Athletics Championships Marathon wending its way through the historic streets of the City of London and was struck by two things over and above my dual admiration and horror that anyone can…
Mad Hatter
A tribute to Al Batt
I knew it was March because the hares were going mad. They were haring across the fields. Three hares chased each other, stopped and thought about it and then chased each other back the other way. I knew it would stop when one decided not to be chaste any more. The…
GOB 96 Tales of the Unexpected
This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine Autumn 2017
Outside a summer gale is rocking every bush in my tiny garden… this seems to be an inevitable consequence of sweeping the patio and clearing all the dropped leaves from my pots. But, despite the weathe…
GOB 95 Tales of the Riverbank
This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine October 2017
Boxing is brutal with many more losers than winners. One might argue it saves tearaway teenagers from a life of crime, but, in a progressive society it should be banned. I would, on balance, support a …
GOB 94 Crop Rotation
This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine September 2017
Half a century ago, a Malaysian friend told me of his dream. He wanted to write, but first needed to earn enough money to buy a small plot of land where he would dig a pond for carp, plant breadfruit trees ar…
GOB 93 Rubbish Party
This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine August 2017
The ‘Rubbish Party’ won a council seat somewhere in Scotland in the last council elections. If you think this appellation is an unprecedented admission of political ineptitude, let me disabuse you; their main po…
GOB 92 – Old Gits & Spoilt Brats
This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine July 2017
Rant Warning! Why on earth would you be bothered about disability access to nature reserves? It’s obviously not much of a problem as just about every hide you’ve been in has a wheelchair slot…
GOB 91 – Birding Doldrums
This article first appeared in Birdwatching Magazine June 2017
Picture this, everyone around you is just getting into their shorts and sandals, beaming with bonhomie and generally frolicking in the sunshine and you stare out at the blue skies with a miserable face.…
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