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.

Whole fancy mourns loss of Fred Wright

Tributes to Fred Wright • (note that this is only a small selection of comments received)

New arrivals at Paradise Park

QUOTE of the WEEK

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Zebra finch chicks ‘babble’ like babies to learn songs

Well-managed landscapes are key for bird biodiversity

Flamingos threatened by rising African lake levels

Park Life

Fred Wright: a true friend • Cage & Aviary Birds has just lost its premier writer on budgerigars, yet to editor ROB INNES that's not the whole story. In a sad week for the paper, he offers this personal memoir of a complex character whose untimely passing has shocked the hobby

Cage & Aviary Birds

Enrichment in the breeding season • ‘Leave well alone’ is often a sound instinct with birds but, says RAFAEL ZAMORA, refreshing the environment is a management priority with nesting parrots at Loro Parque

The year of the CFW (and charcoal) • No two years are alike, all right! For DAVE BROWN 2024 had bought a plethora of one colour – albeit with a good even balance of male and female young. Well, he does love a challenge

Melanistic spangles need YOU • Bursting with potential, yet all too often misunderstood by breeders and judges alike: SAM WILDES is on a mission to explain the appeal of this variety and, hopefully, improve it

TWO OUT OF FOUR: improvement needed • There's breeding progress to report in DAVID ALLEN's blue and classic Lizards, although productivity could do with picking up for the rest of the season

Delights of the celestial crow • For centuries, the azure-winged magpie (now two species) has been admired by people, both in the wild and in captivity. BILL NAYLOR celebrates the bird with a patch of sky in its primaries

Getting it right up front • Whether you are building your own cages or buying them in, make sure in advance to choose the best cage fronts for the birds you plan to keep. DAVE BROWN responds to a reader's request for advice with an overview of front design for the main sections of birds

Size and posture make the Raza a winner • A type canary smaller than a Fife? Free-breeding and available in loads of lovely colours? ADAM KENDALL was intrigued enough to acquire some Razas from the UK's top man

Improve your presentations • Following his article on May 8, KEITH LEEDHAM offers some valuable tips on how to engage your audience at a club lecture, from voice delivery to the good use of slides

A Cinnamon Column Special • Before Rich Nightingale took a break from writing on English cinnamons in Cage & Aviary Birds, he invited ROB LINES to contribute a guest column. Here Rob relates his personal history with this special breed and gives his expert advice on pairings and feather quality

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

Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices

Open-day success

Blue-faced parrot finch wins table show

READERS’ VISIT

What's on this week • Club meetings nationwide