Cage & Aviary Birds

A RARE PIECE of roller canary memorabilia has been returned to its dedicated club. In March this year, a 7in single vinyl record titled A Private Recording was sold back to the British Roller Canary Club (1901) and it has since been bought by club me

WALLACE THE BALD eagle is due to make his first display appearance later this year at the Hawk Conservancy Trust (HCT) in Andover, Hampshire. The five-month-old bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) was welcomed to the team last summer and was paired

SPAIN HAS BEEN suspended from hosting the 2022 World Show due to “an unbelievable situation of disrespect” – and now COM is looking for a new host country. An official communication, in the form of a letter addressed to the presidents of the COM memb

THINKING OUTSIDE THE box is always an interesting phrase of speech, and putting it into action can be hard. It means breaking from what you know to try something different. The majority of birdkeepers I have met are willing to try something different

I WRITE in response to Fred Wright’s article in the July 21 issue. Please note that I’m not having a pop at Fred – we perhaps have differing views of our subject bird. But to answer the above question: certainly not. What we need to do is grab hold o

1 Blaming other people. If birds don’t win, look carefully at why. Not in condition? Something to do with the judges? Or simply not good enough? It’s too easy to blame others when you don’t win with a bird you expect to be top of its class. Because i

THE name “harlequin” comes from the clown-like characters of classical Italian comic theatre, who wore multi-coloured costumes. This duck’s scientific name, Histrionicus histrionicus, comes from the Latin word for “theatrical”. Indeed, the male harle

THE ancient Greeks kept parrots. Later, aristocratic Romans created a fashion for carrying a tame parrot on their wrist and wrote advice on how to encourage parrots to talk. Large consignments of parrots were imported to Rome from Africa, where indig

THE prevalence of Covid-19 has few advantages for most people. However, there is one that more breeders could use to their advantage. It is the online meetings which are becoming increasingly numerous. Even if you are not a member of a club that is a

MY SON Josh and I recently spent a pleasant Sunday in London Zoo. It was a proper English day out, complete with heavy rain showers at lunchtime and then blistering sun and heat by mid-afternoon. I took a real pleasure in seeing Josh revel in the sig

THE Southern England Fife FCC held a very positive annual general meeting on July 11. The club’s officers reported that all plans are now in place for the club’s open show this year which will be held at Bugbrooke Community Centre, Camp Close, Bugbro

Q Which clubs have you been most involved with? Any official roles? Steve Dominey: During my years within the Yorkshire canary fancy I have been president and show manager of the Southern Yorkshire Canary Club (SYCC) and also the Eastern Yorkshire Ca