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Breakaway show proves a huge hit
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Tropican Prize Draw
QUOTE of the WEEK
Owls ‘travel far, breed hard, die young’
Tony Horton wins the 2023 LCA Classic
Egg thief caught on camera scaling a cliff face is jailed
FINCHES plus
A switch to Glosters is the right move for Jack
Editor's Letter
Cage & Aviary Birds
Disagree but with respect • When you're assessing top Fifes, it's never easy if you feel the main awards have gone to the wrong birds! Still, you've got to live with it, says TERRY KELLY – although more might be done to forestall disagreements of this kind
A winter with a Welsh break • VICKY BROWN‘s birds have gone west… some of them, anyway, though only as far as the Welsh National! As she holds the fort, she'll have the chance to work on pairings
The personal touch • Continuing from his article of January 24, KEITH LEEDHAM emphasises how one-to-one encouragement is the surest way to support both individual newcomers and the hobby
Covering the bases • A plan for the year is good, but really we need more than one to cover the eventualities! MARTIN LAMBERT shares his blueprint for bouncing back after various setbacks in 2023
Unleash your inner Attenborough! • Fancy seeing some class foreign birds this year? South Africa's Kruger NP is one of the best places in the world for this. Don't fancy the eye-watering commercial tour costs? No problem – DARREN SEFTON explains how he organised his own trip to Kruger last year
PROGRESSIVE GREYING: a London fancy breeder's view • After several years’ experience of breeding London fancies, ANDY EARLY fills out our understanding of this breed's striking plumage transition from moult to moult – a mechanism that is now understood for the first time
Keeping tabs on Carnaby's • Australia's black cockatoos are magnificent creatures that urgently require monitoring: not always easy as they range through the forest. DAVID WAUGH reveals how technology is shedding essential light on the Carnaby's cockatoo in its restricted range in SW Australia
gail Harland's WATERBIRDS
Aaron accepts the challenge of the generations • Birdkeeping is often a family tradition, and that is very much the case with Northern Ireland fancier AARON CAHOON, who with his dad's experienced input is making waves on the show scene, following rapid and assured progress. DAVE BROWN puts the questions
Club News • Welcome to the club and show pages – the bit that's all about you
Light green for the win
Record seven for novice Chris Molyneux
Three juniors involved in Crewe members’ show
Good day for Dave & Hazel Harris
Largest spangle blue class for Western show
Fawn to the fore
Halesowen remembers four stalwarts at 75th joint open
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