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.

Australian section dominates

Chester Zoo podcast launches

QUOTE of the WEEK

Also in the news…

'World-first' assessment of Critically Endangered species

Sand martin nesting site vandalised

Cassowary call not for human ears

PARROTS & PEOPLE

Illegal capture of Indian parakeets

RECIPROCITY? IT'S FOR THE BIRDS

Editor's Letter

Cage & Aviary Birds

First thoughts on hand-rearing hawfinches • With wider renewed interest in this superb finch, PAUL JUPE shares his very recent experience on rescuing an ejected chick. Other fanciers’ experience is very welcome

A simple guide to the moult • Suddenly your canaries turn into a load of scruffs. You need to look behind the appearance and help your birds as they undertake this yearly cycle of renewal. DAVE BROWN advises

‘The Budgies Are Coming’ • In Cage & Aviary Birds January 29, we traced the early history of the newly founded Budgerigar Club, which was later to become the Budgerigar Society. The Club was born at the National Exhibition at Crystal Palace in February 1925. During that eventful year, its plans unfolded rapidly – and one of its key aims was to hold a first-ever Club Show at the next Crystal Palace National, on February 6-8 1926. Here’s how that pioneer show went

Let’s hear it for peer groups • Social media user? Uneasily aware that it’s less enjoyable than it should be? Make sure you spend plenty of time messaging fanciers who are at least at your level, suggests ROB INNES

Big Blue, king of the canopy • BILL NAYLOR profiles the mighty great blue turaco, the largest and most ancient of its marvellous tribe, and illustrates why turacos are enduring popular in avicultural circles

In conversation: Peter Cannan • For many years a lynchpin of the ZFS, PETER CANNAN is also known throughout the hobby as a dedicated breeder of the pied mutation. DAVE BROWN caught up with him recently

Further adventures with Phaeo • Concluding from last week, HEIN VAN GROUW explains the beautiful colour effects that are achievable with the Phaeo mutation, including its unpredictable combination with Pied

Personal thoughts on the Zebra Finch Society 1952-2025 • Encouraged by the recent election of new arrivals on the ZFS committee, LARRY MANN pays tribute to the national society that continues to give so much pleasure to the fancy

Let's enrich our breeding cages • ROSEMARY LOW would love to see UK birdkeepers use more ambition and initiative in their birds’ nesting environment – and it would be to their benefit as well as the birds’

Canaries Month by Month: JULY • As temperatures spike, BRIAN KEENAN considers how we can keep our birdrooms at a healthy level of humidity and argues for a responsive, not a rigid regime of humidity control

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

Built on traditional values • DONCASTER BORDER FCC goes from strength to strength, reports publicity officer STUART MASON

Club roundup

What's Coming Up In The Calendar