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.

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Cage & Aviary Birds

Take the Sula round the Rock • For a once-in-a-lifetime experience of wild seabirds, a boat trip round the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth makes a perfect summer excursion, says DONALD SKINNER-REID

Six singles for the East Anglian • In a season when DAVE BROWN's scarcely been able to put a fit show pair together, a little lateral thinking meant that thankfully that he could support one of his favourite shows

Tools for any occasion • Birds have beaks, wings and feet – but they don't have hands! Even so, some are smart enough to work out how to use natural tools for easier foraging. PAUL DONOVAN reports

Malkohas: the supercuckoos • No one would call our cuckoo striking to look at, but many of its exotic relatives most definitely are. And they include an ultra-characterful group of species, the malkohas, which don't share the sneaky parasitic habits of their relatives. BILL NAYLOR introduces them

November in the Border room • During the excitement of the show season, it's all too easy to lose focus on your stud. Stick with the basics, urges STUART MASON, and you'll smooth the path to a successful breeding season next year

Is the crest in crisis? • This noble and ancient breed is popular and on the increase in parts of Europe, yet at a dangerously low ebb in the UK. JASON GREEN would love to help in its renaissance

Jersey CBS: the first hundred years • At an excellent centenary show in the Channel Islands last month, judge DAVE BROWN admired a superb display that related the history of this admirable club in a graphic fashion

My journey with budgerigars: Part 10 • In the latest part of his series, NEIL CAWLEY looks back a decade to when his birds achieved consistent show quality, and acknowledges the bloodlines that helped them attain that level

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

Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices

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