Cage & Aviary Birds

THE AVIAN DRAW, run by Mid Essex Budgerigar Society (BS) and Cage & Aviary Birds, has extended the opportunity for clubs and fanciers to get involved and support the cage bird fancy as a whole. Co-organiser Graham Paine of Mid Essex BS explained: “We

Woodchat shrike (© Shutterstock.com/bieszczady_wildlife). Story on page 12 COMING OUT THIS September is a collection of 65 avian-related poems that are illustrated by the artworks of JJ Audubon, The book includes the works of Blake, Shakespeare and W

FLOCKS MADE UP of more than one species mimic each other to fit in, finds new research. A study published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society b found that flocks of two or more distantly related species in Southeast Asia appear to

THE PARK HAS had a very busy month, with the glorious dry spell certainly making a difference to not only visitor numbers, but it has also spurred on many of our bird collection into breeding - finally. Our black storks (Ciconia nigra) sadly decided

ONE RESULT OF having worked for years on a weekly paper is that I find it hard to believe in anything that's more than about three issues away. Christmas, for instance, is obviously just a myth. But hang on: here are those über-organised folk at Mid

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WHEN there are problems with budgerigar hens and their eggs, it's usually put down to the hens not being fully fit. I don't think I have managed to get my birds as fit as usual this year, so I have had plenty of problems in the breeding room. Let's l

THE BS Club show takes place on September 23-24. This is THE budgerigar weekend of the year and there's something for everyone: breeders, exhibitors and those who are just keen to keep budgerigars. It's the weekend when we all come together from the

WITH the breeding season well and truly underway, the usual frustrations get underway with it - like infertile eggs and nests abandoned, and even the members of pairs attacking one another or worse. Or like my red-whiskered bulbuls (Pycnonotus jocosu

A TOPIC of great concern these days is the rising cost of seed. Is there something we can do to keep costs down? I would like to make four suggestions: 1 Make more use of wild-sourced foods. 2 Monitor your seed dishes carefully to know what your bird

FOR bird clubs, identifying and encouraging junior fanciers who are likely to “stay the course” is difficult to achieve. Life tends to get in the way, with increasing educational pressures, the teenage years, computers, holidays, cars, girlfriends, w

AFTER a late start, breeding has finally got underway properly in the canary shed. As the hours of daylight have increased, Dave and I have been conducting more regular checks of the physical signs of breeding condition, such as hens' vents become a

THE foundation of die Gloster British championships was initially devised as a competition for International Gloster Breeders Association (IGBA) affiliate society exhibitions. 2022 changed that philosophy to include the IGBA members' show, making it

ABERDEEN BS - June 15, Northern Bowling Club, Orchard Road, Aberdeen AB24 3DP, 7.30pm. Moulted-out bird competition. Enquiries: 01358 721 550. CORNWALL BS - June 18, Treloweth Community Hall, Moorfield Road, Pool, Cornwall TR15 3QB. Attendance to the

OPEN SHOW? LET US KNOW! ● Email details – name of club, show date, venue, contact, judges and schedule availability – to: birds.general@kelsey.co.uk ● Our Open Show calendar will appear in the first issue of the month ABERDEEN BS open show date is Ju

Q Which clubs have you been most involved with? Any official roles? Arwel Roberts: As a youngster I used to go to Bodedern CBS meetings with my friends. We would help fundraise, attend meetings and go on trips that the club arranged. In 1989 all bird