Above: Dr Rob Marshall (centre) gave his first talk in England in 2013 at Northdowns BS. The talk at the L&SCBS marked only his second bird club talk in this country, and on the day the club’s president David Harmer…
Above: Cirl bunting are making a comeback on the south Devon cliffs. Photo: Andy Hay NUMBERS OF RARE cirl buntings (Emberiza cirlus) on the Devon coast have quadrupled at the RSPB Labrador Bay reserve since the charity started borrowing…
Above: The Hon. The Irish Society makes about 120 grants to groups or individuals in County Londonderry and also in neighbouring areas A GENEROUS GRANT has enabled one of the few remaining CBSes in Northern Ireland – formed in…
Above: red-headed Gouldian finch: more dominant and preferred by females RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED how the plumage of a wild Australian songbird has maintained distinct colours for generations and actually breaks the rules of evolution. Gouldian finches have three distinct…
Above: Harry Hockaday with his best young bird at the 2018 Gwynedd BS open show. Although he has retired from budgies, he keeps silkie chickens and at the time of writing had 40 eggs in an incubator A STALWART…
Above: A total of 292 rose-ringed parakeets – adults and chicks – one Asian koel and one common hill myna were confiscated from traders at Galiff Street Sunday Pet Market in West Bengal. Photo: Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Government of India/Facebook…
Above: this song thrush cock of T. & S. Paterson had won top awards at Ollerton & Bevercotes CBS’s 2018 open show, but was stolen during the Easter Bank Holiday weekend A STUD OF exhibition softbills in South Yorkshire…
Above: The red-headed finch has been chosen as the 2019 WFS Target Species. Only four were bred by WFS members in 2018 © Shutterstock.com/Tobie Oosthuizen THE WAXBILL FINCH Society (WFS) has issued its 2018 breeding records and announced its…
Above: a grass parakeet and a conure at the World Show in Holland this year. Fanciers who transport their own birds to other shows on the Continent have to deal with a shortage of clear advice concerning paperwork. This APHA…
Above: Outgoing NCA president David Paine (left) with the new president Bernard Williams Photo: Ghalib Al-Nasser THE NATIONAL COUNCIL for Aviculture (NCA) has inaugurated its new president for 2019/20 – British bird expert Bernard Williams. On April 6, at…