Cage & Aviary Birds

THREE WILD BIRD poachers have been caught in a single swoop by officials in Malta. The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) reports that all three were convicted and charged in court on August 31. One suspect, who was photographed in March 2018 us

WELL-KNOWN BIRD-BREEDING EQUIPMENT company Sunrise Aviculture has closed its doors and ceased trading after three decades. On July 31, Sunrise Aviculture, based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, closed following the retirement of company owner Les Carr.

FOR A FOURTH consecutive year, white storks bred at Cotswold Wildlife Park (CWP) have taken flight in an ambitious UK rewilding programme. Last month, 28 white storks from CWP in Oxfordshire were released into the wild. This was a momentous event for

WHAT a very good article by Donald Skinner-Reid explaining the new DEFRA rules and regulations that have killed off bird lovers bringing back stock from Europe. (See Cage & Aviary Birds, September 8.) We have brought back birds since we joined the Co

Expert advice • Opinion • Getting started • Species profiles • Key tips • Leading fanciers DB: Which birds and mutations do you specialise in currently? SV: I like many colours, so the mutations vary over time, but silver lightbacks have been my favo

JOHN Gorrell is a successful breeder of foreign birds. He operates a brick-built birdroom with a well-thought-out design that places the focus on ease of management. There is plenty of storage both under the half flights and below the cages. John wan

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER STILL, feathers everywhere in my birdroom, although the colour of the moulting birds is now coming through well, and I am beginning to see the wood through the tree

THE year after the Parrot Society rebranded its National Bird Show of the Year as the National Exhibition, Team C&AB attended with me as a new staffer. My notes from the 2011 show include a quote I’d scribbled down from PS secretary Les Rance: “This

Every week, we invite an influential figure in the cage bird fancy to tell us about themselves and their view of the hobby. This week: JOE COAKLEY Q Which clubs have you been most involved with? Any official roles? Joe Coakley: In 2017 I was privileg

NB: more traders will be present on the day, but the following have booked in already: Amazilia Zoological Avi Fabrications Aviform Ltd BJS of Worcester Ltd Dyers Metal Mesh Equip de Pets Essex Birds Garden Feathers Johnston & Jeff Ltd Nailstone Norf

THIS LAYOUT MAY CHANGE DUE TO LATE BOOKINGS BALCONY – NON-MEMBER TABLES SELLING CANARIES, FINCHES AND BUDGERIGARS. TABLE NUMBERS FROM 700

THE pre-eminent era of the National Exhibition was the 1990s. Fair comment? I could certainly make a case for earlier decades, but consider the following: ■ Exhibit numbers at the 1990s Nationals kept nudging the 10,000 mark – as high as they’ve ever

SOUTH EAST IPSWICH CBS THIS was the first general meeting since Covid regulations, which was a young stock show for all varieties. This show was won by Dave Harris with a Gouldian finch. Dave was presented with a club’s diploma by show judge Andy Cal

IPSWICH BS AT THE monthly meeting on July 22, the society welcomed guest speaker Colin O’Hara, a much travelled and well-known parrot man. The chairman Bill Squires introduced him for those that did not know as follows. Colin did a great deal for the