Above: Say what? Despite its name, the California quail’s call is often transcribed Chi-ca-go! Photo: Chris Green Quite easy to keep, and a doddle to breed, here’s a gamebird that will draw admiring looks from your aviary visitors, reckons CHRIS GREEN.…
Photo: Male (right) and female common pheasant: a familiar sighting in the 15th century. Experts believe that the Romans brought this bird to the UK. The common pheasant: hunted, shot and eaten for hundreds of years. Graham Wellstead looks at…
Photo: There is a good chance that captive birds will pick up a parasite from other pheasants’ faeces Pheasant keeper Ian Clark explains what to look out for and how we can treat our birds to ensure that if they…