Above: While Spix’s macaws are now extinct in the wild, a population of about 60-80 birds remains in captivity, such as these birds at the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP). Photo: ACTP Facebook page A STUDY INTO the…
Above: PC Carr and PC Davis recover the first shot short-eared owl hidden by Timothy Cowin. Further items seized by the police included a rock covered in blood near where the first owl was found. Forensics confirmed the presence of short-eared owl…
Above: The Birdcare Company’s Charlotte Doheny in 2017. This year welcomes free trade stands. Last year’s benched figure (excluding sales) was 1,437 Closing date for entries: September 18 FANCIERS HAVE LESS than one week to take advantage of the free bird…
Above: The Raptor Persecution Map Hub allows you to search by year, incident, county and country, and visualise these on a map and corresponding graph A MAP HUB of raptor persecution in the UK has been unveiled by the RSPB.…
Above: This year, the Avicultural Society says it will be sending a young amateur to Jersey to receive the sort of training usually reserved for professionals. Pictured is the 2018 Raymond Sawyer Scholarship winner, Arno Lapiere A PASSIONATE HOBBYIST…
Above: Scientists say no negative effects have been recorded when inserting permethrin at the base of mangrove finch nests. But it has been a very effective method at killing Philornis downsi fly larvae. Photo: Michael Dvorak CONSERVATIONISTS HAVE COME up with…
Above: L-r: Marnix D’Hont and Ludo Lenaers will be the guest speakers at the resurrected IGBA seminar to be held at 1pm on October 20. They are pictured with their winning Glosters at the 2014 show. In the past, previous seminar…
Above: Rosemary Low with a 1987-hatched Pesquet’s parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus). She is a former curator of two of the world’s largest parrot collections, Loro Parque in Tenerife and Palmitos Park in Gran Canaria TWO OUTSTANDING BIRDKEEPERS have been recognised in…
Above: The ZFS club show will be hosted with the NBFA Classic show this September. In addition to financial savings, by hosting both species under the same roof it could appeal to exhibitors who keep one species to explore a second…
Above: a former winner at a Midland YCC show: a green marked buff cock. At this year’s National, awards will be presented to best Yorkshire, best champion, best novice, best junior and best white exhibits. Photo: Steve Dominey THE Yorkshire Canary…