Cage & Aviary Birds

Cage & Aviary Birds is written by bird experts for bird fanciers and is packed with club, show and bird related news, advice, birds for sale and comment. Established in 1902, Cage & Aviary Birds provides a wealth of practical advice and tips from the top names in the bird world, plus opinion, controversy, species and hobbyist profiles and nostalgia.

Tickets on sale now for 2024 Avian Draw

QUOTE of the WEEK

Also in the news…

Designer ‘des res’ nests improve breeding success

AI enables Q&A session with dodo

Birdcrime report highlights long-term raptor persecution

Park Life

Fags, nags and flicks: a novice's priorities?

REMEMBERING THE GREAT GEOFF

Editor's Letter

Cage & Aviary Birds

My National story • The National Exhibition in its different guises has been formative for countless fanciers, and here DAVID ALLEN looks back at the various exhibitions that have shaped his own career

My budgerigar Odyssey • A regular visitor to UK shows, ALI BOURESLI enjoyed an incredible action-packed week around the English budgie circuit in September! Here he summarises Part 1 of his itinerary

Decision time for my show entries • Writing shortly after the National, TONY EDWARDS explains how he has had a record number of colours for showing this year, and looks forward to the NBFA Club Show

Autumn jobs and autumnal pleasures • As well as a comprehensive birdroom clean to look forward to, David relishes the seasonal spectacle of both his own birds and nearby wildlings as they switch to their winter lifestyle

The bark-runner with a taste for redwood • There's nothing this quintessentially British woodland bird likes more than an introduced giant tree! And that's far from the only surprise BILL NAYLOR can reveal about this cherishable little softbill, which makes a fine exhibition subject at specialist events

Scottish show takes a step forward • ‘Difficult second season’? It wasn't like that at all for Scotland's National Bird Show, where an increased entry and wide-ranging support suggested this unifying event is here to stay. DONALD SKINNER-REID provides his impressions

The best of a late-moulted lot • Stafford comes early enough without your canaries taking an age to approach condition! For the early-season classic this year, VICKY BROWN found it was a case of picking what was vaguely ready, rather than selecting at leisure from the cream of the birdroom

The birdman of Old Colwyn PART FOUR • Into the 21st century with Fifes! DAVID SHELBOURNE continues his birdkeeping epic with an account of some years of success in breeding room and show hall, at home and abroad

Silver show success • Welcome to the club and show pages – the bit that's all about you

OPEN SHOWS CALENDAR NOVEMBER 2024-JANUARY 2025

Lovely finches and beautiful surroundings

Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices

What's on this week • Club meetings nationwide Includes sales held by clubs to benefit their members. For other sales, please book an advert

Specialist-variety first at the 71st show

Alan Marchant: ‘How the Matrix works’