Not Quite Scilly

As in London, bird recording in Devon is steeped in history. The county bird club has existed since 1928 and published a Bird Report more or...

Although I was interested in birds from a young age I didn't get the bit between my teeth as a truly keen birder until autumn 1981. Mrs ...

Chances are, if you're a birder, you will on occasion have submitted a list of sightings to your County Recorder. However, it may well b...

Last Wednesday I went pike fishing with my son, Rob. I think this was the second time in about 15 years that the nation's pike have been...

Veteran NQS readers might recall the following strange episode... On Thursday, 11 November 2010 I experienced a rare twitching urge and he...

When your children are young I guess it's quite normal to expose them to your own hobbies and pastimes in the hope that they might share...

Suffering is frequently an integral part of a hobby. Maybe not all hobbies, but certainly the ones that I've been drawn to over the year...