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Mike’s local area has become a difficult place to watch gulls, but it makes up for their lack in other ways

Our first issue, in 1986, hinted at developments that have since taken place among bird populations, writes Matt Merritt

DECEMBER 2025

David Cromack was deputy editor of Bird Watching ’s launch issue in 1986, and later edited the magazine for 18 years. In the first of a two-part feature, he explains how the magazine came about…

They’re just some of the people who have made Bird Watching – ex-editors and longtime contributors remember…