Above: Vogelkop superb bird-of-paradise (Lophorina niedda). Scientist Ed Scholes and photographer Tim Laman first heard male vocalisations of this newly recognised species, found in the Bird’s Head Peninsula of Indonesia, back in 2009. Photo: Tim Laman A COMBINATION OF fieldwork and…
Above: No extension: the NE will stay as a one-day show after exhibitors expressed their worries about additional costs involved with an overnight stay in Stafford. With the exception of The Lovebird (1990) Society, which had sent in a proxy vote,…
Above: Little ringed plover eggs at a Devon site that was visited by Jason North in 2016 AN EGG COLLECTOR, who was previously unknown to police, has avoided prison after admitting stealing eggs from Schedule 1 birds in Devon…
Above: Residents at Birdworld include Bali starling (Leucopsar rothschildi), greater necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax pectoralis) and (pictured) spectacled owls (Pulsatrix perspicillata). During park curator Duncan Bolton’s talk, he will explain the story so far with the Santa Cruz ground dove (Alopecoenas…
Above: Success in NSW: but in the UK birdkeepers are fighting DEFRA’s plans to closely monitor anyone who makes a profit from selling birds. If you sell stock through what DEFRA deem to be ‘organised events’, such as sales days, then…
Above: Multiple shipments were made to secure the birds and the population. Important birds were spread out over the shipments. Photo: AWWP AN INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION group based in Qatar has sent its important bird species out of the country due…
Above: Outgoing president Bev Hutt hands over the chain of office to Dave Paine. Mrs Hutt said: ‘Dave is a grassroots fancier; he is always available and hands on’ THE NEW president of the National Council for Aviculture (NCA) has…
Above: 2017 winner Anna Temple with Gianna, a captive red-billed chough from the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust’s reintroduction project. This year, while the Raymond Sawyer Scholarship is open to professional, amateur or student aviculturists, the panel would like more amateur…
Above: Near Threatened rhinoceros hornbill at one of the artificial nest-boxes in the Kinabatangan Forest, Malaysia. Photo: SANJITPAAL SINGH / JITSPICS.COM© WILD RHINOCEROS HORNBILLS (Buceros rhinoceros) have successfully nested in an artificial nest-box for the first time – four years after…
Above: Join keepers as they feed the Vulnerable Humboldts (pictured) and Endangered African penguins at the two penguin enclosures. Photo: Colin McKenzie READERS OF CAGE & Aviary Birds are invited to Birdworld this June to celebrate the park’s 50th year with…