Photo: white-throated dipper: found in hilly locations across the UK including Wales, Ireland, Cornwall, Scotland and the Lake District Dippers don’t merely dip, they plunge, walk and even fly under water. Bill Naylor guides us around the life of…
Photo: Tony Tilford. King bird-of-paradise: Geoff was lucky enough to get hold of a juvenile bird for his collection In the 1970s, Geoff Gradwell’s collection of tropical hummingbirds, honeycreepers and tanagers was getting larger by the minute, but there…
Photo: As a beginner fancier, Ady set himself realistic goals each year. He is pictured here (right) holding his winning bird with Paul Redford at a Teesside Budgerigar Society show in 2013 Following on from his article last week, Ady…
Photo: © Shutterstock.com/Peter Wey. In the wild, the Mindanao bleeding-heart is found in the Philippines, notably the islands of Bohol and Mindanao As Cotswold Wildlife Park looks for a suitable mate for its male Mindanao bleeding-heart dove, Chris Green explains…
Photo: Leicestershire Parrot Club. Companion birds must not be kept in the kitchen where they can be exposed to Teflon fumes, advises Lynda. Symptoms of PTFE toxicosis include wheezing and seizures All birdkeepers should be aware of the threats…
Photo: © Shutterstock.com/sbw18. Wild hooded pittas enjoy a diet of invertebrates, their larvae and small lizards. Captive birds can be offered locusts, crickets, mealworms and waxmoths In a beauty contest among bird families in the Old World Tropics, the…
Photo: Laura Keens. One man’s achievements: Bernard has an impressive egg collection numbering 60,000, as well as a collection of stuffed birds and skins. He is pictured here in his library that contains about 8,000 ornithological books Last week,…
Photo: Paul Rose/WWT. Paul at the WWT Slimbridge Centre. Without funding received from the People’s Postcode Lottery, visitors wouldn’t be able to experience ‘that sense of wonder when they see a flamingo for the first time,’ he says There’s plenty…
Photo: CP Buckley. Trainer Neena MacNulty in Chicago, USA teaching her birds Otto and Emma the ‘fly to me’ move The basics, the early stages in working with a companion parrot, are critically important. Get them right and you could…
Photo: © Shutterstock.com/YapAhock. Calculated risk: Geoff bought 10 unidentified juvenile flowerpeckers, two of which moulted out to be scarlet-breasted Geoff Gradwell has been lucky to have kept some unusual and rare species during his time in aviculture. He recalls some…