Cage & Aviary Birds

THE HAVANT CBS & Solent CBS Monthly Sale will be subsidising members’ entrance tickets to the Cage & Aviary Birds summer reader visit to Birdworld in Surrey on June 22. The club is putting forward funds so that members only pay £5 entry on the day. T

THE purpose of this letter is to raise awareness of new rules that we birdkeepers must observe in running a bird gathering (show or sale). It is important to understand that this is a separate issue from the compulsory registration of birds. The laws

COR blimey, the sun! What a shock, as it has been rather wet around here lately. I live just east of the Carneddau Mountains of Snowdonia, so we are used to a bit of rain around here, but last winter we didn't see much else. When the sun comes out, a

AS THE breeding season progresses, it is logical that breeders start to assess the quality of their young canaries once they have been weaned and begin to enter the show cages. An important part of this process is to judge whether the pairings that y

ON SUNDAY April 14 I had a little trip out. When I arrived in the village hall in East Barkwith I found 83 others to chat to. Oh how my heart leaped. We budgies had such a great time catching up and talking about our human owners. Some of us have spe

THE South African or Cape shelduck (Tadorna cana) is a relatively common species found in southern Africa and breeding mostly in Namibia, as far north as the Angolan border. Presumed escapes have been recorded in low numbers throughout Europe, includ

ALTHOUGH I have a few hobbies these days and lots of school work, I am still into my birds. My budgies have been joined by some foreign birds that I have been gifted by some of dad's bird friends. I have two blue celestial parrotlets (both are hens),

THE 2024 breeding season is now developing, with a few of the breeders in the UK reporting a good start so far. John in the North of England has already got Bruce's fruit pigeon (Treron waalia, also known as Bruce's green pigeon) fledged and one chic

RECENTLY I was immensely proud to attend my first Budgerigar Society (BS) event as a General Councillor. I really enjoyed it, too. This was the society's Annual General Meeting, which took place on Sunday April 21 at Bugbrooke Community Centre, in No

YOU are never too old to learn, they say, and on a recent trip to see mixed-aviary enthusiast Jed Savage I came away in admiration of the good ideas and little touches Jed had incorporated into his management and aviary design. [See Dave's article in

PAIRING up canaries can be a hit-or-miss affair, as individual hens will react in different ways. This breeding season has been no exception, for as I write this in April, I have three hens with chicks in the nest and others on eggs, while two hens a

SATURDAY January 6, 2024 saw the third show of the resurrected CBS. Entries were significantly higher than the previous shows with 725 exhibits benched. The entry was particularly strong in the British, Fifes, Irish fancy, Norwich and Yorkshire secti

THE first of Oxford 1910 CBS's three all-day shows saw the year get off to a good start. [See our new story in the March 13, 2024 issue.] Full results: best Fife, best canary in show (unflighted (UF) green variegated yellow hen), Paul Butler; best ch

THE officers of Southern Yorkshire Canary Club wish to report the passing of Mick Haines, who had unfortunately been unwell in hospital for some time. Mick was a valued committee member of the club, attending meetings and shows in recent years and he