Above: both Mr Berrill (left) and Mr Finn (right) continue to develop the Stafford breed and will offer advice to the BCCC where necessary THE BRITISH COLOUR Canary Club (BCCC) has adopted the Stafford canary under its umbrella, following…
Above: canary theft victim Mark Denton (left) with foreign bird keeper Ron Chamberlain at the 2018 New Chiltern Inter Club open show. Mr Denton’s stolen birds are either 2020 NCA closed-ringed with the code ‘NCA 266’ or IOA ‘291’ closed-ringed…
Does your bird feature in the new stamp collection? Let us know: birds.news@kelsey.co.uk A NEW EXHIBITION-BIRD stamp collection featuring the work of British photographer Luke Stephenson is available to buy from next week. Titled Show Birds, the six-stamp set…
Overwhelming response (above): the top prize with the most amount of raffle tickets sold was this skyblue cock budgerigar from Swiss breeder Daniel Lütolf. This bird sold an incredible 1,646 tickets and the winning ticket belonged to Susan Howes FIVE…
Above: new research has found that zebra finches can identify at least 50 members of their flock from their signature sounds up to a month later. © Shutterstock.com/Chris Watson ZEBRA FINCHES ARE quick learners when it comes to language.…
Above: A non-migratory fork-tailed flycatcher. Photo: Alex Jahn THE TINY TROPICAL fork-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus savana) is known to rustle its wings to communicate, but two subspecies “speak” in different dialects, new research has found. T. s. monachus spends all…
Above: ‘We’ve been promoted’: an adult and young P. poncetiion South Georgia. The four gentoo penguin species will receive vernacular (English) names if the research conclusions are confirmed. Photo: Gemma Lucas NUMBERS OF PENGUIN species have just increased from…
Getting stuck in (above): East Anglian ZFS was lucky enough to have three enthusiastic juniors stewarding at its 2019 show. L-r: Nathanial Gilbert, Teddy Drury, Liam Williams THE ZEBRA FINCH Society (ZFS) is doing its bit to encourage young…
Above: Winner of the Marsh Award for Ornithology, Dr Jen Smart. Photo: BTO A PASSION FOR waders has led to a top prize for a leading expert in the field. Dr Jen Smart won the prestigious Marsh Award for…
Above: Paul Paintain (left) presenting the Allen Silver Award to Peter Cannan A SILVER LINING lay in store for Peter Cannan for his hard work as general secretary and ring secretary of the Zebra Finch Society when, for the…