The secretive world of the British birdkeeper
FROM time immemorial, man has kept birds for their beauty and song. We have had an affinity with birds. We say we want to be as free as a bird. People have kept birds in cages in agricultural huts or cottages, in back-to-back terraces in industrial communities and in gilded cages in grand homes. Historically, most of these birds were taken from the wild.
More recently, for many a lad, eggcollecting used to be a great pursuit. It got you out from under mum’s
