Cage & Aviary Birds

Cage & Aviary Birds is written by bird experts for bird fanciers and is packed with club, show and bird related news, advice, birds for sale and comment. Established in 1902, Cage & Aviary Birds provides a wealth of practical advice and tips from the top names in the bird world, plus opinion, controversy, species and hobbyist profiles and nostalgia.

APHA announces ban on poultry gatherings across Great Britain

Dismembered mallards discovered in Wiltshire

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Rare species recorded in New Forest restoration project

Research sheds light on ‘stable’ bird mating practices

Satellite tags reveal reasons for decline of the English nightingale

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General Licence changes put new onus on event organisers • Editor ROB INNES explains the new rules for organisers of bird shows and sales, and tries to make sense of the legal flaws that still bedevil DEFRA’s compulsory registration scheme

Cage & Aviary Birds

Species in the spotlight: Vietnamese cutia • GARY BRALSFORD introduces a softbill whose looks are so striking that he simply had to find out more about it

Q&A: Chris Shank • Following her interview with Rosemary Low (see Cage & Aviary Birds September 4 2024), Dot asks cockatoo specialist CHRIS SHANK, who is based in the USA, how her ideas about keeping and living with companion parrots have changed over the years

Full marks for personality • The thing about different foreign finches is… they’re different! DAVE BROWN delights in the individuality that he has met with already in his newly acquired hardbill pairs

Northumbrian Notes • The month of February finds Austin pondering the true meaning of ‘grizzle’ both in canaries and also in his new-found breed — racing pigeons. And there’s further brain work involved as he starts to devise a masterplan for an ambitious joint show this year

Two days with Daniel Lütolf • Two winters ago, the German budgie fanciers THOMAS LAUTENSCHLÄGER and PAUL REIMANN visited the great Swiss breeder to see the progress he’d been making with his birds. Now they’ve made this account of their visit available

Secrets of the past masters • TERRY KELLY observes the changes in breeding management for small British softbills over the past 50 years, and maintains that we could all learn plenty from earlier methods

Melado wins it for the rares • Even when all the breeds aren’t represented, an old and rare canary section is a satisfying challenge for the judge. At the recent Welsh National, DAVE BROWN was that judge

A testing time in Porto • You’d think DAVID ALLEN might go to Portugal for a holiday, not an exam – but his recent trip was all about his ambition to qualify as a COM judge. Here’s how it went on the big day

Club News • Welcome to the club and show pages – the bit that’s all about you

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