Birdkeepers may face a nightmare combination of new red tape and costs, if DEFRA plans for a blanket Animal Activities Licence (AAL) become law. Read the story for details on how to download a letter to send to your MP.
Cage & Aviary Birds is urging all readers to write to their local MPs in a united stand against DEFRA plans for a blanket Animal Activities Licence (AAL).
The Avicultural Society (AS) is encouraging amateur bird breeders to apply for this year’s Raymond Sawyer Scholarship.
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MR DOVEASTON (LETTER, left) asks some pertinent questions about the new law on rodenticides. The legislation changed on March 1 this year, as required by the European Chemicals Agency, and basically the level of active ingredient in rodenticides available to…
Photo: Les Rance. A cock Pennant’s waiting patiently for his hen to hatch Turks going great guns, Pennant’s promising, kings not off the mark yet: an absorbing season so far for Les Rance HAVING written three short articles about…
In the June 20, 2018, issue of Cage & Aviary Birds, with its odd stocky build and ornate hackles, the Nicobar pigeon doesn’t look an ace flyer – but it is. What’s more, it is a most enjoyable species to keep in an…
Photo: © Shutterstock.com/wannachat. Nicobar pigeons: even from this angle the nest looks more solid than the flakey affairs built by most species of pigeon With its odd stocky build and ornate hackles, the Nicobar pigeon doesn’t look an ace…
Photo: © Shutterstock.com/noicherrybeans. Streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna): a species Geoff owned in the early 1990s After tough challenges in the late 1960s, Geoff Gradwell bounced back with a collection even more varied than before. Before too long, he was…
