‘Breeding Advice’ Articles

Blue Tits have nested in an astray outside Halstead Snooker Club in Essex. The birds have nested in those boxes where smokers dump their butts at the front and back of the building. The owners of the club, Andy and Tara Mizon noticed the chicks had hatched last Thursday. They have now placed “out of [Read More]

Five baby Humbolt Penguins have left Dudley Zoo to be part of a worldwide breeding programme. The birds have been transferred to Birdland Park, Burton-on-the-Water. The four females and a single mate, all aged two years will boost the Cotswold’s breeding colony. Last year another five Penguins were sent from Dudley to Exmoor Zoological Gardens. [Read More]

The AGM of the Budgerigar Society took place on Sunday 9th May. David Herring from Sunderland, the former society Publicity Officer was installed as President. David has been a hard worker for the society for many years and will be a worthy President, doing his best to promote the Budgerigar Society throughout the UK [Read More]

Purbeck Art Week attracts all forms of artwork from Dorset artists but this year, top Wild Bird artist, Roy Aplin will be displaying some of his work at Rollington Barn, Rollington Farm, Studland Road, Corfe Castle BH20 5JG. More than 80 artists will be displaying their work in a fabulous setting in a huge stone [Read More]

Requiring a steady energy supply throughout the year, Nature’s Feast promote wild bird feeding not only to ensure survival when natural supplies are at a low, but wild birds are also a delightful source of life, colour and song, brightening any garden. With wild life experts recently releasing figures stating over 20 million people leave [Read More]

He collected, smuggled and traded hundreds of rare bird eggs, and has been give a nine month sentence, suspended for two years. Police raided the home of Andrew Seed back in February 2009. More than 2,000 eggs were found including Golden Eagle, Red Kite, Osprey and Peregrine Falcon. Seed admitted 40 offences at Durham Crown Court. His [Read More]

It’s the Goldfinch that has been named as the overwhelming winner in the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) 2009 garden BirdWatch results. The Goldfinch received a 78 per cent increase in sightings last year, according to the Thetford based organisation. It’s not good news for all garden birds as a decline was reported for the Song [Read More]

IPC Media, the publishers of Cage & Aviary Birds is an international company with 70 plus titles under its control. The company say they are launching a strategic review of its specialist titles – which includes Cage & Aviary Birds. Back in January this year the IPC titles were reorganised into three divisions and these “niche [Read More]

Breeding African Grey parrots can be a difficult task as many African Greys are difficult to sex and also can be extremely choosy when picking a mate! We have a written a few tios here to make African Grey Parrot breeding a less stressful task, let us know if you have any more tips for our [Read More]