Cage & Aviary Birds

A GROUP OF native bird breeders have come together to resurrect the Scottish British Bird and Mule Club (SBB&MC) and will be hosting two sections at the new “Scottish National” in December. Formed in 1902, the SBB&MC is the second oldest specialist n

“Blacksmith plovers are very bold and have even been known to launch defensive attacks on African elephants.” David v Goliath was nothing to what these lapwing relatives get up to. More details on page 14

THE NATIONAL BIRD of Prey Hospital has opened a new annexe at the Hawk Conservancy Trust near Andover in Hampshire. TV wildlife presenter, zoologist and conservationist Megan McCubbin officially opened the new £100,000 annexe, which has been built to

A NEW STUDY has discoverd that hawks hunting a swarm of bats move towards a fixed point in the swarm rather than targeting individual bats. Published in the journal Nature Communications, the study looked at the hunting behaviour of Swainson's hawks

FOR ME, THE hot summer came abruptly to an end when I returned from our family holiday in Menorca – suddenly the weather had changed. The Gouldian finches in the outside aviary were looking less impressed with the cooler September mornings, so I brou

CAMBRIDGE & County CBS is at least a hundred years old, and probably a good deal older. As with so many societies, the active membership has fallen over the years, but the club has been manfully held together by Terry Roberts. Terry (see photo) needs

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IT'S LIKE A left and a right: the BS Club Show one weekend, National Exhibition the next, our two premier shows socking it to us at the outset of the main show season. I've hardly had time for a full account of the Club Show from Georgina and Lynne,

IN THE world of type canaries, two breeds since the 1920s have taken the fancy by storm: the Gloster and the Fife. Other types seem to have lost the peak of popularity they had for a few years and now just seem to plod along with limited appeal, like

IT IS time to discuss a task that occupies the exhibition breeder over several months of each year. There is an old adage which says you should never sell a bird that's less than six months old. However, to the experienced eye, a nest-feather bird di

THE Lord Howe Island Group is classed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site of “global natural significance” and its unique endemic Lord Howe Island woodhen (Hypotaenidiais sylvestris) is an important species in Australia's birdlife. Other natural attra

THE society held its 75th anniversary open show at Bugbrooke Community Centre on August 21. The show was a resounding success with 449 entries: 393 benched and 56 absent or wrong classed. The society thanks everyone who entered birds for making the s

Welcome to the club and show pages – the bit that's all about you LAST year's IGBA show was held in the Speedwell Rooms, Chesterfield, on October 16, 2021, with 933 Glosters gracing the benches in what is the UK's leading Gloster show. The adverse ef

BASILDON CBS – October 10, Northlands Park Community Centre, Felmores Road, Basildon SS13 1SD, 8pm. Enquiries: 07880 707 502 BRISTOL BS – October 10, Little Stoke Baptist Church, Kingsway, Little Stoke, Bristol BS34 6JW, 7.30pm. Members' competition

SUNDAY, August 21 saw Cornwall BS hold its silver patronage show. After three years away, due to the pandemic, members found themselves at a new venue and a new pasty supplier! Along with a £10 welcomeback gift for all exhibitors. Redruth Community C

• The C&AB Peterborough office is now permanently closed • Please send post to: Rob Innes, Cage & Aviary Birds, Kelsey Publishing, Yalding Hill, Maidstone ME18 6AL • To contact the team by phone, tel: 01959 543 544 Thank you ALDERSHOT CBS open show w