A FEW years ago, an unexpected phone call from someone who used to breed exhibition budgerigars helped to convince me about the pleasures we get from keeping birds.
It was Stewart Griffin, a champion budgie breeder with his father Paul. Both used to win top exhibition awards in years gone by. Since lockdown, Stewart had built an aviary with an outside flight and was enjoying all the fascinations of a mixed collection of canaries and foreign finches. I was not surprised to hear him describe how much he
