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Cage & Aviary Birds|Nov 10 2021Well done junior Lewis!BELOW are the winners of the club’s recent young stock show: The Cecil Puddehatt Shield for best current-year bred (CYB) in show, The Barry Woolgar Canary Trophy for best canary unflighted, Dave Cheshire; The High Wycombe CBS Foreign Shield for best foreign CYB, The High Wycome CBS Zebra Finch Trophy for best zebra finch CYB, The High Wycome CBS Bengalese Trophy for best Bengalese finch CYB, Mick Stone. The High Wycome CBS Budgerigar Trophy for best budgerigar young bird (YB), Roger Carr. Best Fife canary unflighted, Dave Cheshire; best Border canary unflighted, Mark Denton; best Norwich canary unflighted, Saviour Camilleri; best Yorkshire canary unflighted, Barry Mills; best old variety canary unflighted, Pete Westbrook; best any other variety (AOV) canary unflighted, Tony Horton. Best champion budgerigar YB, Roger Carr; best novice…1 min
Cage & Aviary Birds|Nov 10 2021BTO celebrates ornithology winnersTHE BRITISH TRUST for Ornithology (BTO) has presented six awards to recognise the contributions of conservationists and wildlife authors to British ornithology. Last month, at a ceremony in the Mall Galleries in London, five Marsh Awards and one Dilys Breese Medal were given out. The Marsh Awards celebrate local ornithology, as well as innovative ornithology ideas. The awards went to Vic Fairbrother and Ken Hutchinson for their 20-plus year study of ring ouzels on the North York Moors; the West Midlands Ringing Group for their pioneering work using thermal technology to help monitor farmland birds; Dr Alison Johnston whose work has helped in the understanding of the effect of offshore wind turbines on birds; and Professor Lukas Jenni, who among his 200 publications, is best known as the lead author…1 min
Cage & Aviary Birds|Nov 10 2021BTO celebrates ornithology winnersTHE BRITISH TRUST for Ornithology (BTO) has presented six awards to recognise the contributions of conservationists and wildlife authors to British ornithology.Last month, at a ceremony in the Mall Galleries in London, five Marsh Awards and one Dilys Breese Medal were given out.The Marsh Awards celebrate local ornithology, as well as innovative ornithology ideas.The awards went to Vic Fairbrother and Ken Hutchinson for their 20-plus year study of ring ouzels on the North York Moors; the West Midlands Ringing Group for their pioneering work using thermal technology to help monitor farmland birds; Dr Alison Johnston whose work has helped in the understanding of the effect of offshore wind turbines on birds; and Professor Lukas Jenni, who among his 200 publications, is best known as the lead author of Moult and…1 min
Cage & Aviary Birds|Nov 10 2021Looking back at the Bill: tumultuous times fighting for the British fancyIT WAS 40 years this September when the finishing touches were put to the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Bill, which duly became an Act in September 1982.That was a period of great upheaval to the British bird fancy and changed the thinking of birdkeepers forever. Few know how close we came to losing the hobby completely.Fortunately, we had some forward-thinking people who were prepared to get organised and fight for what they believed in. Fanciers such as the great Peter Lander, the founder of the British Bird Council; Arthur Worrall, its chairman; and then influential delegates whose ideas would make a difference such as Bob Partridge, Leslie Warrilow, V.A.V. Carr, Albert Wyatt, Rob and Stan Taylor, Charlie Jarram, Rex Collins, Paul Curry, Steve Bannister, Stan Edwards, Chris Boyce, Bernard Williams,…3 min
Cage & Aviary Birds|Nov 10 2021Newcomer wins best in showON SEPTEMBER 19, the club held its annual show in conjunction with the South West Zebra Finch Club at the Kenn Centre, Kennford Near Exeter. For the second time, it was a single bird (rather than pairs) event with 125 birds benched.The quantity was very pleasing considering that two of the club’s most prolific exhibitors – K. Comer and C. Allen – did not enter this year due to moving away from Bengalese and into other species. Judging this year was by K. Comer.Best in show was won by I. Mitchell with a 2019 hen self chocolate. This was only his third time exhibiting birds. The other results were as follows: best breeder (young birds) (chocolate & white), R. & D. Davis;
Cage & Aviary Birds|Nov 10 2021Well done junior Lewis!BELOW are the winners of the club’s recent young stock show: The Cecil Puddehatt Shield for best current-year bred (CYB) in show, The Barry Woolgar Canary Trophy for best canary unflighted, Dave Cheshire; The High Wycombe CBS Foreign Shield for best foreign CYB, The High Wycome CBS Zebra Finch Trophy for best zebra finch CYB, The High Wycome CBS Bengalese Trophy for best Bengalese finch CYB, Mick Stone.The High Wycome CBS Budgerigar Trophy for best budgerigar young bird (YB), Roger Carr.Best Fife canary unflighted, Dave Cheshire; best Border canary unflighted, Mark Denton; best Norwich canary unflighted, Saviour Camilleri; best Yorkshire canary unflighted, Barry Mills; best old variety canary unflighted, Pete Westbrook; best any other variety (AOV) canary unflighted, Tony Horton.Best champion budgerigar YB, Roger Carr; best novice budgerigar YB, John…1 min
Cage & Aviary Birds|Nov 10 2021Eggshell water-resistance reveals species that could be at risk from extreme weatherA NEW STUDY by biologists at Royal Holloway, University of London, has found that the moisture-resistance of bird eggshells is linked to the climate and the environmental conditions of where they nest. In collaboration with the Open University, the University of Surrey, the Natural History Museum and the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, the researchers reviewed the levels of water resistance, or “wettability”, of eggshell surfaces in 441 species across 98 bird families. Wettability is dictated by the egg’s need to retain heat, regulate gas exchange and prevent microbes from sticking to the shell, which can lead to infection. They found that eggshell water resistance has evolved to thrive in different environments; 89 per cent had hydrophobic eggshells (that repel water) and 11 per cent had hydrophilic eggshells (that attract…2 min
Cage & Aviary Birds|Nov 10 2021Eggshell water-resistance reveals species that could be at risk from extreme weatherA NEW STUDY by biologists at Royal Holloway, University of London, has found that the moisture-resistance of bird eggshells is linked to the climate and the environmental conditions of where they nest.In collaboration with the Open University, the University of Surrey, the Natural History Museum and the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, the researchers reviewed the levels of water resistance, or “wettability”, of eggshell surfaces in 441 species across 98 bird families. Wettability is dictated by the egg’s need to retain heat, regulate gas exchange and prevent microbes from sticking to the shell, which can lead to infection.They found that eggshell water resistance has evolved to thrive in different environments; 89 per cent had hydrophobic eggshells (that repel water) and 11 per cent had hydrophilic eggshells (that attract water). Hydrophobic…2 min
Cage & Aviary Birds|Nov 10 2021Looking back at the Bill: tumultuous times fighting for the British fancyIT WAS 40 years this September when the finishing touches were put to the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Bill, which duly became an Act in September 1982. That was a period of great upheaval to the British bird fancy and changed the thinking of birdkeepers forever. Few know how close we came to losing the hobby completely. Fortunately, we had some forward-thinking people who were prepared to get organised and fight for what they believed in. Fanciers such as the great Peter Lander, the founder of the British Bird Council; Arthur Worrall, its chairman; and then influential delegates whose ideas would make a difference such as Bob Partridge, Leslie Warrilow, V.A.V. Carr, Albert Wyatt, Rob and Stan Taylor, Charlie Jarram, Rex Collins, Paul Curry, Steve Bannister, Stan Edwards, Chris Boyce,…3 min
Cage & Aviary Birds|Nov 10 2021Newcomer wins best in showON SEPTEMBER 19, the club held its annual show in conjunction with the South West Zebra Finch Club at the Kenn Centre, Kennford Near Exeter. For the second time, it was a single bird (rather than pairs) event with 125 birds benched. The quantity was very pleasing considering that two of the club’s most prolific exhibitors – K. Comer and C. Allen – did not enter this year due to moving away from Bengalese and into other species. Judging this year was by K. Comer. Best in show was won by I. Mitchell with a 2019 hen self chocolate. This was only his third time exhibiting birds. The other results were as follows: best breeder (young birds) (chocolate & white), R. & D. Davis;
