Cage & Aviary Birds

FOLLOWING AN OUTBREAK of avian influenza at Marwell Zoo, Winchester in December that led to the deaths of eight of its Humboldt penguins, staff are pleased to announce that the surviving birds have tested negative (see News December 21/28, 2022). Sev

THE GLOBAL ORGANISATION Friend of the Sea has partnered with the UK charity Galapagos Conservation Trust (GCT) to help protect wild populations of waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata). Found in the Galapagos Islands, an archipelago in the Pacific O

A NEW STUDY has proved that birds build hanging-nests to protect offspring from nest invaders such as snakes and parasitic cuckoos. Researchers at Durham University, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and Princeton University in the USA looked a

NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE believe that three hen harrier chicks found dead during summer last year were deliberately killed. They are calling for anyone with information to come forward. The hen harrier nest near Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales Nationa

AS THIS is my first article of 2023, I'd like to extend a Happy New Year to all readers of Cage & Aviary Birds. Before Christmas arrived, the cold snap hit hard in December, but making use of a brick-built garage meant that I was fortunate enough to

WHEN the mogno was first adopted by COM as a new mutation, I had many discussions with Luiz Beraldi, the president of COM Brazil, who had introduced the bird to European breeders, concerning its background, inheritance patterns and so on, writes Geof

DID 2021/22 strike you hard? Brexit, Ukraine, bird flu, covid, long covid, the NHS, spiralling costs and shortages? Outgoings and restrictions inflating daily; support diminishing. You have to make a conscious effort to find reliable help and informa

A NEW year has arrived and a new breeding season approaches! The aim of many zebra finch fanciers is to have chicks in the nest ready for ringing as soon as the closed rings are issued at the start of the year. In my own birdroom, pairing up is now u

FLAMINGOS are fabulous, funny birds, with lots of endearing characteristics, which zoo keeper Issy Wright is getting to know very well. Issy has been hand-rearing baby Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) at Cotswold Wildlife Park and is gett

Welcome to the club and show pages – the bit that's all about you THE Zebra Finch Society's 70th anniversary club show was held at Bugbrooke Community Centre, Northamptonshire, on November 12 2022. The weather was warm and sunny, and there were plent

LEEDS BS had a wonderful Christmas presentation and party night with bar and a beautiful buffet supplied by Ronnie & Sue Simpson. A free raffle was organised by president Trevor Tetlow and everyone went home with a gift. The society looks forward to