Above: The 2021 World Show is planned to be held in the city of Santarem, Portugal, about 60km (37 miles) from Lisbon airport. COM has agreed that Valencia is to host the 2022 show WORLD SHOW ORGANISERS have accepted a…
Above: The researchers tracked 102 swifts (Apus apus) on their journey to Africa, from 11 different populations that nest in Europe, from Swedish Lapland in the north to Spain in the south. Micro data-loggers attached to the birds allowed researchers…
Above: Team COM-UK at the 2020 World Show, held in Matoshinos, Portugal, where the entry was just under 24,000 birds. COM’s steering committee will formally announce a decision on the 2021 World Show very soon. President Carlos Ramoa said: ‘Thank…
Above: Despite having the highest legal protection in Cameroon, wild African grey parrots are facing extinction due to poaching for the illegal wildlife trade © Shutterstock.com/MrKawa AN ILLEGAL SHIPMENT of Endangered African grey parrots has been intercepted in Cameroon, saving…
Above: The multi-club online raffle welcomes exhibition budgerigar prizes from top breeders, such as Daniel Lütolf. Photo: Fred Wright Raffle tickets (£1 each) go on sale from October 3 • To buy tickets ONLINE, visit: https://budgieraffle.co.uk • To buy tickets…
Above: Lead ban success: support for the proposed ban came from hunters, scientists, EU ministers, conservation NGOs and the wider public, the WWT reports. Birds often mistake tiny shot pellets for grit or seeds and ingest them. Results of the…
Above: Rory O Connor (far left) with some of the Natives & Norwich Facebook group’s admin team. Founding members Paul Gilchrist and Dave Coughlan are pictured third and second from right, respectively. Natives & Norwich was set up in 2013…
Above: Swapping the real bench for an online bench: Midland ZFC will host its first-ever international virtual show later this month. Results are to be revealed on its Facebook page. Judges will not view the birds in person, instead they…
Above: one of the 2020 AS Raymond Sawyer scholarship winners: Mischa Hiltpold feeds a hill myna at Zoo Basel. Philip Schofield, one of four judges for the AS scholarship, said: ‘Mischa impressed me with his history of hobby aviculture from…
Above: Cormorant Underwater View (above): a Brandt’s cormorant (Urile penicillatus) taken by French photographer Greg Lecoeur in Mexico. This image won silver in the Photographer Of The Year Best Portrait category. Mr Lecoeur said: ‘To achieve this portrait, rather than…