Cage & Aviary Birds

THE FUNERAL OF Fred Wright, budgerigar champion and Cage & Aviary Birds contributor, was held on the bright and sunny Monday June 17, at North East Surrey Crematorium in Morden. People from all walks of life attended to bid the much-loved fancier far

(EBS) has decided to dispense with awarding trophies at its 71st annual open show on July 6. This year, the members unanimously made the decision, with the exception of the Silver Rose bowl awarded to the best in show. All other trophies were recycle

ON JUNE 14, Haith’s opened its doors to the UK Budgerigar Club (UKBC) to build their relationship with the club and share their SuperClean cleaning régime with the group. UKBC members travelled from far and wide; some venturing up from Bournemouth, N

MY NAME is Gary Bagnall and I founded the Museum of Aquarium & Pet History a little over two years ago. The museum is online plus at our premises in California we have a 3,000-square-foot building that currently houses over 3,000 pet artifacts, inclu

I SAW the letter in the June 19 issue with reference to birdkeeping medals. As you know I have an extensive collection of more than 300 bird medals in bronze, gold, and silver dating back to 1890. I can tell you that the large round medal of Crystal

KIERAN hails from Co. Louth in Ireland. I have known this fancier for many years and have had the pleasure of visiting his birdroom. Originally, Kieran began with the Irish fancy, before moving on the Fifes some years ago. As has been the case with m

THE earliest published record I could find referring to the loss of pigment over time in birds was from 1853, by an Austrian biologist called Frauenfeld. He divided the different colour aberrations found in birds into several groups, and one of them

THE zebra dove (Geopelia striata) may have been the earliest species of exotic dove known to aviculture. For centuries it has been a popular cage bird in many parts of Asia, especially Indonesia and India. There, singing – or rather cooing – contests

MOST of us have experienced the challenges of breeding birds and if those birds are for exhibition then you increase the level of challenge considerably. In many years I enter the zebra finch breeding season with some trepidation and have reached the

PRIOR to introducing the guest speaker, the chairman Ghalib Al-Nasser congratulated a few members of the society, namely Alan Baker for reaching the milestone of becoming a life member of the Budgerigar Society (BS) after 40 years’ continuous members

SEVERN Counties F&BBS has been in existence now for more than 50 years and 2024 has started well with a varied programme of events. As usual the January meeting was the AGM and breeding awards meeting and was well attended. In February members watche