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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South Downs welcomes 30 precious turtle doves

QUOTE of the WEEK

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Nature reserve celebrates 50 years

Study reveals role of pioneering ospreys

New era in bird tracking for Cotswold's white storks

PARROTS & PEOPLE

Jack Lloyd remembered • FURTHER TRIBUTES TO THE LATE JACK LLOYD WILL FOLLOW IN FUTURE ISSUES. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE YOUR MEMORIES OF THIS GREAT MAN, EMAIL BIRDS.ED@KELSEY.CO.UK

A TRIBUTE FROM SBB&MC

Editor's Letter

Cage & Aviary Birds

Giants in your garden? • If you like to think big with birds, you may have wondered what it's like to keep emus. CHRIS GREEN can be of service there – though it's not a challenge to be underestimated

My wish for the show season • One simple factor could improve the specialist British events we're about to enjoy, says MARK JONES – judges who go by the standard. Here he gives examples of when that basic tenet has been followed, and when it hasn't

The mega-event that is Modena • Shows can be enjoyed in all forms and sizes – and it's both fun and useful to take in one of the giant Euro versions if you get the chance. JASON GREEN did exactly that last winter

Rarity versus quality • Which factors count most towards determining the price of birds? DAVE BROWN considers how the dynamics of demand and supply affect the birdkeeping hobby

INTRODUCTION

Sponsor's Introduction

FOREWORD

THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION AT A GLANCE

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO The fancy in 1926 England, the great bird centre • 1926 spelled boom for the fancy, and Cage Birds urged readers to achieve their potential in an entrepreneurial age: don't just sell birds here, send them overseas. ROB INNES reports

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO The National reasserts itself A triumph at the Palace • Despite the lousy February weather and the country's economic woes, the National Exhibition of one hundred years ago was deemed the biggest and best staged so far

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO British birds in 1926 Home-grown favourites • The year 1926 featured a historic agreement on recommended minimum sizes for British bird stock cages. It also featured a rich blend of folk medicine, ground-breaking shows and accusations of cheating. Here are some examples from the Cage Birds coverage

Anatomy of a budgerigar show • A well-run show is not simply about winning, it about a club being most alive and expressing itself. TONY KENNESON-ADAMS reflects on the extraordinary communal effort that made last month's Bristol BS open show so memorable

Canaries Month by Month: • Summer holiday over, Brian is happy to get back to British temperatures, though extra busy with his canary room refurb – but he's on target to complete this before the shows begin

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

Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices

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