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.

Veteran member bids farewell to Southend

Elton the spectacled owl gets his big break in film

QUOTE of the WEEK

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Alderney’s seabirds are on the up

Chough numbers increase in Cornwall

LATEST UPDATE

Tee time at Coul Links?

PARROTS & PEOPLE

How to remove ticks securely

PERSICARIA AND VALERIAN AS FOOD

Editor’s Letter

Cage & Aviary Birds

The road to independence • Weaning is different with every young parrot! That needn’t mean it’s complicated, advises RAFAEL ZAMORA, but it’s vital to understand the process and be flexible in your approach

So, you want to keep penguins… • How, in theory, would you set about it? CHRIS GREEN has abundant first-hand experience of managing these wonderful birds and can describe the basics of what would be required

Gail Harland’s WATERBIRDS

Plans for a big project • It’s been a relatively unproductive breeding season for DAVID ALLEN, this year, and so he’s decided to turn that to his advantage. Yes, it’s time to change to a new set-up

INTRODUCTION

Near and far horizons • Based firmly on a huge network of local organisations, in 1925 birdkeeping had regained its confidence shattered by WW1 and was now looking outwards to the Empire – and beyond

Sponsor’s Introduction

FOREWORD

THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION AT A GLANCE

STAFFORD SHOW FLOOR PLAN

TRADERS IN 2024 INCLUDED

The Big Three lead the way • By far the most popular of the era’s cage birds, canaries were known, loved and bred by millions of people in this country. The canary scene was highly structured, deeply competitive - and rich in turmoil and controversy where we might expect them least

National peace breaks out • After years of unseemly struggle between rivals, by 1925 at last we had a National to get behind - a February showpiece fit to contend with the Scottish version over Hogmanay

Northumbrian Notes • In Austin’s new hobby of breeding racing pigeons, the successful results of skilful linebreeding can be spectacular — and, given detailed pedigrees, it’s easy to see the pattern of related winners. To illustrate this, he gives Part 2 of the article by ace breeder Mike Lycett in last month’s Notes, and then explains how that success story is inspiring him

An epic in four sections • Last week, DAVE BROWN shared his overall impressions of an excellent show he’d judged in Northern Ireland. Now he gets to the birds — which is where he had his work cut out

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

A thriving hub of activity in the Midlands • NOTTINGHAM BORDER FCC has long been regarded one of the most welcoming clubs in the fancy, writes STUART MASON

Busy month for Barry Clark

Club roundup

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