Above: Merlin ‘Windward’ will join this season’s flying team at the International Centre for Birds of Prey and has been sponsored by Barratt and David Wilson Homes. The roads connecting their latest housing development, Merlin Gate, will also be named…
Above: racing pigeons, jacobin pigeons and serama bantams were once a popular attraction in the tented bird display. Photo: Dave Brown Interested in the free pigeon pens, trestles and boarding? Contact Roger Carr on 01844 213 600 or email: rogercarr43@gmail.com A…
Above: Joe Coakley: in 2016 he became chairman of the East Anglia Lizard Canary Association and helped greatly in the formation of the NELCC FOUR LONG-SERVING FANCIERS have been recognised twice for their activities over many years in the fancy.…
Above: A Piet Renders’ London fancy, presented at the 2020 World Show. The third stage of the breed’s presentation to COM is requested to be postponed until 2022. Photo: Carol Evans THE THIRD STAGE of the London fancy canary’s…
Above: Alongside 22 raffle birds, there’s £100 worth of Riversway products, 10 refurbished show cages, three single breeding cages from F.W. Whitchurch… the list goes on! For details of the 12 clubs involved, see Cage & Aviary Birds, September 30…
Above: original watercolour paintings by Eric Peake. His artwork has raised outstanding amounts of money for parrot conservation, including £15,500 for the Spix’s Macaw Recovery Project, and further funds for the Loro Parque Foundation and the Loridaee Society, USA FORMER…
Above: Stan Bolton with his bronze medal for a blue Lizard canary at the World Show, 2013. COM-UK will not be sending a team of birds to the Portugal event in January 2021 COM-UK WILL NOT participate in next…
Above: Native to south China and the Himalayas, wild Pekin robin numbers are in decline due to habitat loss. Johnston & Jeff’s sponsorship deal with Chester Zoo will help pay towards its Pekin robins’ feed requirements. Photo: Chester Zoo …
Above: The PS found it was unable to move its 2021 slot at Stafford County Showground as there were ‘no other suitable dates available’. Thanking the BS for its flexibility, Les Rance said the PS will do its best to…
Above: White storks at Knepp Estate, which is home to The White Stork Project, led by a pioneering partnership of private landowners and nature conservation organisations. This year’s released storks will encounter other individuals and may follow leader birds in migration.…