Cage & Aviary Birds

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

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

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

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

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

‘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