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…
Above, One of the recently released red-masked parakeets in the Reserve of Buenaventura. TWENTY NEAR THREATENED parakeets that were confiscated from poachers have been successfully reintroduction back into the wild in Ecuador. The red-masked parakeets (Psittacaa erythrogenyrs) are now…
Above: Chairman and show manager of the Swindon All Gloster Canary Club, Kevin McCarthy (left) with president Mike Palmer, who has generously sponsored the purchase of the new club rosettes. A NEW GLOSTER canary club has re-formed in…
Above: Some of the stolen birds. Have you been offered fantails recently, perhaps in the Derby area? All photos: Marcus Conner RECENTLY REHOMED FANTAIL pigeons were stolen from a Derby rescue centre, just a week after their owner had…
Above: Leonard Devall, 35, admitted to keeping wild goldfinches (example pictured) in his home © Shutterstock.com/colin robert varndell A MAN FROM Kent has admitted to handling British birds and canaries stolen from a fancier who had died just days…
Above: thousands of ‘pest’ birds, such as jackdaws, are killed each year under a general licence NEW CONSERVATION GROUP Wild Justice – founded by Chris Packham, Mark Avery and Ruth Tingay – is crowdfunding an action in court against…
Above: This young white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) is a beneficiary of one of the few success stories of the past decade, though the species’ reintroduction into Scotland has been controversial THE UK IS set to miss three quarters of…
Above: New chairman Jeremy Goacher explained his plans for the LCA at its EGM on March 10 THE LIZARD CANARY Association (LCA) held a successful extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on March 10 to elect new officials and non-post-holding council…
Above: L-r: Mid Essex BS’s first speaker Daniel Lütolf and treasurer Graham Paine, with club members Ehtasham Anwar (Ash) and Syed Zeeshan MID ESSEX BS is one of the first UK clubs to host Skype seminars with national and…
Above, exploring: Endangered Lear’s macaws unhurriedly contemplate the habitat just outside the aviary SIX ENDANGERED LEAR’S macaws (Anodorhynchus leari) have been released back into their native habitat in north-eastern Brazil by a conservation charity. The Loro Parque Foundation, based…