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.

Love-ly result at the National

Also in the news…

Full of Eastern promise

QUOTE of the WEEK

Special awards for Steve and Heather Dix Memorial show

State of Nature 2023 report highlights UK biodiversity declines

Golden eagles thrive in the south of Scotland

FINCHES Plus

The National: are prices stabilising?

GOOD SENSE ON BUDGIE RINGS

Editor's Letter

Cage & Aviary Birds

Keep calm and choose your keepers • Whatever birds you breed, if you aim for year-on-year improvement then post-breeding selection is critical. DAVE BROWN offers some stepping stones towards clear thinking

Game on in Scotland • The big kick-off for Andy's show season takes place this weekend in Edinburgh, and he is eagerly awaiting the challenges that will test the quality of his unflighted youngsters

2023's breeding puzzle • When you breed Scots and Belgians, as DONALD SKINNER-REID does, you need to be prepared for the odd ‘throwback’ bird to appear in a nest – without warning, of course

Gail Harland's WATERBIRDS

Northumbrian Notes • For Austin, the (allegedly) post-birdkeeping life keeps getting more and more interesting. In fact, he's rarely had his hands as full as they've recently been

Europe's most formidable owl • The ferocious Eurasian eagle-owl is deservedly popular in captivity and, in the wild, sits proudly at the top of the continent's food chain. BILL NAYLOR makes its acquaintance

A different tack for 2024 • Still basing his programme on 28 pairs, TONY EDWARDS has decided on a fresh approach for the next breeding season

Q&A: VIBRANT HUES, PLEASE! • Replying to a reader question about colourful birds in general, CHRIS GREEN takes pleasure in recommending a gorgeous three-way mutation of the zebra finch

Treat yourself to the twite! • The eminent Dutch aviculturist LOU MEGENS sings the praises of a breeder-friendly little hardbill, which has a strong fan club among discerning breeders in Europe and also the UK

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

New for FFF: breeders’ listing

Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices

Joint members’ show success

What's on this week