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    A candid appraisal of our hobby

    Dec 13, 2023 4 minutes

    BUDGERIGARS

    MIKE Jarrold is a champion budgerigar breeder and a member of the Yorkshire BS and Northern BS. An honorary life member of the London and Southern Counties BS, he has been a member of the Budgerigar Society since 1987. He is involved with his local club, York BS, as their show manager and auditor. Like many clubs at the moment, they are struggling for members and consider it unfair to ask speakers to travel long distances for such a small audience. They are now actively exploring other avenues to get together, such as Zoom meetings.

    Mike received his first budgerigar as a 12th birthday present and has kept budgies ever since. It was during the mid-1980s that he began to get more serious about showing

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