Cage & Aviary Birds

CELEBRATED PHOTOGRAPHER AND wildlife writer Mark Carwardine shares his expert advice and insider tips and tricks for capturing the perfect photo in RSPB How to Photograph Garden Birds. Whether you have a professional camera and a garden filled with b

THE POPULAR CHRISTMAS raffle run by Mid Essex Budgerigar Society (BS) and Cage & Aviary Birds is back for 2023, bigger and better than ever. The aim of the newly named Avian Draw is to support clubs and societies around the UK by generating additiona

THE 2021/22 CHAMPIONS of the Flyway (CoF) bird race - led by the Israel Ornithological Center and Birdlife International (BI) - is focusing on the conservation of the European turtle dove. BI has produced an educational webinar that provides informat

“I won rosettes, trophies and a medal. Dad got some rosettes too, but I had way more than him!” Junior fancier Josh Brown enjoys a great weekend with dad Dave at the Welsh National. See page 16.

A FURTHER THREE collared trogon (Trogon collaris) chicks have hatched at Chester Zoo in Cheshire - the only establishment in the world to breed the species successfully. The parent birds arrived at Chester Zoo in 2018, with almost 100 exotic birds, o

WITH FEBRUARY UPON us and the weather improving slightly, we are getting on with the usual pre-breeding-season jobs. The penguin beach has been re-sanded - a labour-intensive job that involves the old sand being scrapped up, put in large plastic buck

AS SECRETARY and treasurer of the National Council for Aviculture, I want to pass on some good news to the secretaries of all our loyal members who affiliated to the NCA in 2022 and took out Public Liability Insurance with us. As part of the NCA’s co

IN MY last letter (Cage & Aviary Birds, January 4) it was very remiss of me not to offer my congratulations to all those involved in recreating the London fancy, and to have it accepted by the COM is an outstanding achievement, of which I hope they a

WANT to raise funds for your favourite club this year? Avian Draw 2023 offers a brilliant chance to do just that. ■ Just like the previous Christmas raffle, all you need to do is put up a prize – birds, equipment, vouchers, feed, etc – that is worth

RAUCOUS BORDERING ON rackety, with a cheerful up-frontedness that’s got “From the New World” stamped through it like rock. That’s our cover bird, the great kiskadee, who shouts his own name like a cuckoo but is not at all furtive like a cuckoo. So wh

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CAN you provide an overview of the zebra finch fancy in Kuwait? THE Kuwait Zebra Finch Club (KZF) was established in 2008 and was the first zebra finch club to be founded in the Middle East. The idea of forming the KZF club came from the need for the

I BELIEVE we are on the verge of properly establishing a new variety, which people have named the misty. I first heard about this variety some years back via Keith Leedham, who has written an account of it in Cage & Aviary Birds (see March 16 and Mar

WHEN I think ahead to the next season, one thing immediately strikes me: how much we are missing our friends from Ireland and further afield. Enhanced competition and the enjoyment of full show halls with plenty of atmosphere is something we all crav

FEBRUARY: I really enjoy this time of the year. We’re coming to the end of the winter and spring is just around the corner The birds seem to notice the smallest change in daylight length and the cocks are beginning to think about singing again. We’re

FROM the end of December and through January hasn’t been a great time, unfortunately. In that short time, I’ve attended three funerals. They were all close to home, as it were: my brother’s father-in-law, Tony Thompson’s brother-in-law and a dear Glo

THE society held a special open day incorporating a show/sales day attended by 30 fanciers with birds to sell, reports Rupert Redden, publicity officer. The morning session was allocated to presentations by fanciers. Terry Tuxford, the society’s secr

HERE are the results and judge’s report from the Midland LCA open show held on November 27 2022. The show was judged by Andy Williamson (see News, January 25 issue). There were 93 birds exhibited in total which were made up of 59 normal colour-fed an

WAKEFIELD CBS open show November 25, Outwood Memorial Hall, Leeds Road, Outwood, Wakefield WF1 2NE. For schedules, please call R. Kaye on 01924 218 979. BLUE LIZARD CANARY CLUB the BLCC held its open show on December 11 at Begbroke Village Hall. The

ALDERSHOT CBS – February 23, Victoria Hall, 121 Ash Hill Road, Ash, Aldershot GU12 5DH, 7.30pm. Rearranged AGM. The society asks that all current and prospective members attend (important matters to discuss). Enquiries: 07881 405 546. BIRD KEEPERS AS

THE society had an enjoyable Christmas social when 22 members and partners attended an evening meal at The Anchor in Stratford St Mary, Suffolk, reports president Ghalib Al-Nasser. The pub provided an excellent meal from individual choices and the co

ROYAL Guernsey Agricultural & Horticultural Society recently held its annual fur and feather show. This society presents what must be one of the largest cups to be presented in any organisation - the Colonel Bell trophy. This is presented to best in

IT IS with deep sadness that the North of England Gloster Club (NofEGC) reports the death of Susan (Sue) Guy who passed away suddenly on the evening of December 24 2022 at 66 years old. Many Gloster fanciers turned out for her funeral at Mansfield Cr

JANUARY was a quiet meeting by South Hampshire standards with Kerry Bellow, Steve Bailey, Mike Freeborn and Brian Wilde being unwell. At the time of writing, Derek Ham is in Basingstoke hospital and members wish him a speedy recovery. Apologies were