Aug 24 2022

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Colour Mutations Exhibited For The First Time In The UK
TWO BUDGERIGAR FANCIERS have made history by exhibiting two different colour mutations for the first time in the UK. Blackwing and blackface budgies were entered into the colour budgerigar classes at the Budgerigar Society’s (BS) first ever National
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WPA Convention Plans Top Line-up Of Expert Speakers
THE WORLD PHEASANT Association (WPA) is set to host its annual convention at Cotswold Wildlife Park in Burford on Saturday, September 10. Both WPA members and non-members are invited to attend. The convention promises a top line up of speakers, inclu
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QUOTE Of The WEEK
“I even took them with me to the North Yorkshire Game and Country Fair, nipping back to the car every so often to give them a feed.” Nigel Higgins shows the dedication needed to raise his precious brood of yellow wagtails. Full story on page 18. ■
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Also In The News…
STAFF AT ST Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St Edmunds have welcomed breeding black redstarts (Phoenicurus ochruros) to the cathedral grounds. Black redstarts are a protected species owing to there being fewer than 50 breeding pairs in the UK. The bird
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Wren Feat: Songbirds Can Keep To The Beat
LOOK OUT, PROFESSIONAL musicians! There’s another musical maestro whose ability to keep time matches yours. Welcome to the world stage the scaly-breasted wren (Microcerculus marginatus), sometimes aptly referred to as the southern nightingale-wren. R
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Birdkeeper At Large
I AM SITTING in my “office” trying to write this piece, knowing that the temperature is in the low 30s Centigrade and that the temperature outside my window is even hotter. Harking back 10-15 years, even the temperature being above 30ºC for two conse
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Seen For The First Time In Budgies
I STARTED breeding budgies when I was 13 and over 57 years I have observed many different traits, habits and the ways they act in differing situations. A time that has always been of great interest to me has been when I pair up to start breeding, and
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Editor’s Letter
“THERE IS NOTHING nicer than a relaxing visit to discuss our mutual interests away from the pressure of the shows later in the year,” says Brian Keenan on page 17. So many fanciers I speak are confirming the same, that an actual trip to a real birdro
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Q&A: Softbill Flights
Expert advice • Opinion • Getting started • Species profiles • Key tips • Leading fanciers “We have decided to try a new challenge: keeping and breeding small softbills. We have previously kept a range of foreign finches. Would you have any tips on t
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The English Cinnamon: An Appreciation
SINCE I have been asked to judge the English cinnamons at this year’s National Exhibition at Stafford on Sunday, October 2, I was just brushing up on the requirements of a good cinnamon, and thought that it might be useful to share these with readers
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Editor: Rob Innes. Tel: 01959 541 444 Email: birds.ed@kelsey.co.uk Deputy Editor: Laura Welch. Tel: 01959 541 444 Email (News): birds.news@kelsey.co.uk Email (Club News): birds.general@kelsey.co.uk Design: Focused On Design Ltd Email: design@focusedo
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A Slower Start Can Be Smart
I BELIEVE that one of the reasons why many people give up before they really get started in the hobby is the cost involved. They spend money: usually far too much, really unnecessarily. Then they look at what they have achieved – and walk away. And y
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My Introduction To Colour Budgies
MY NAME is Josh Brown, I’m nine years old and my dad Dave Brown has written about my birds previously – I used to keep Birmingham roller pigeons. We had lots of problems with the sparrowhawk when we let the birds fly out and there were a couple of th
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Canaries Month by Month: AUGUST
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER AS AUGUST arrived, my breeding operations were over, and I managed a few days away from home on a break with two of my younger grandchildren. My daughter looked aft
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My Yellows Make It A Wagtail Hat-trick
LAST year, for the breeding season I had a pair of native yellow wagtails (as I will call them) and the loan of a blue-headed cock bird with a native hen, which I’ll call the blueheaded pair. I bought the native pair in the autumn of 2020 and over-wi
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Clearly The Best Cock Bird
‘FROM THE BIRDROOM’ THE 2022 breeding season began with a good strength of quality Fife canaries in the birdroom. There was a group of birds, all of which were related to one another, comprising 15 cock birds and 34 hens. Those are what I have worked
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Club News
THE August meeting of Norfolk FBA mainly comprised of discussions on the forthcoming sale day on September 4 and the open show on September 25. As far as the sale day is concerned, anybody who would like to book a table can contact the sale day organ
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Club Roundup
GATESHEAD & NEWCASTLE BS the annual show will be held on September 3 in Swalwell Community Centre, 74 Clavering Road, Swalwell, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 3ET. Gold patronage has been provided by the Budgerigar Society who will also provide two bags of
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What’s On This Week
DARTFORD BIRD SOCIETY – August 24, The Royal British Legion Hall, Devon Road, South Darenth, Kent DA4 9AB, 8pm. General meeting. Open to all members and non-members. If you would like any more information on the evening or the club, please contact Pe

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