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.

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Cage & Aviary Birds

Seasonally red • Last week, Larry Mann picked out the Madagascar fodies as a highlight of his visit to Cotswold Wildlife Park. Here, CHRIS GREEN gives the background to the park's flock

Moult, mite and plotting • For Andy, this stretch of the birdroom year can seem to be all about trying to stop things happening! It's just as well he's been in planning mode, with plenty to look forward to

Breeding the grey-backed thrush • This elegant Siberian species was new to STUART HADDON-RIDDOCH before he bought a pair last autumn, but they have settled and reared a lovely brood at the first time of asking

Sleek denizens of the desert • Elusive, approachable, nomadic, irruptive… how do you best sum up the marvellous sandgrouse family? BILL NAYLOR sketches their vivid life history and reveals that for such innately mobile birds they can make surprisingly straightforward captive subjects

The hunt for the world's best Gouldian finch • This most charismatic of finches has a global following, who this year can join a unique global show – online. DONALD SKINNER-REID reports on a biannual event that has broken new ground, with entries coming from five continents

‘I wish I was in Carrickfergus’ • Well, unlike the singer of the classic folksong, DAVE BROWN made it! And his recent judging trip across the sea proved most enjoyable, in the heartland of a thriving bird fancy

Canaries Month by Month • Back from a holiday abroad, and Brian's straight into stock assessment as his Yorkies come through the moult

Searching without looking • What's the best way to find scarlet macaws in a massive forested area in Guatemala? Listen for their squawks, says DAVID WAUGH – and that can now be done automatically

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

It's a knockout for strawberry finches

Summer success

Club roundup

What's coming up in the calendar