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Fife Canary: Points And Perfection

TERRY KELLY introduces the current points system for Fife canaries and comments on the recent near-obsession with length When exhibited, the Fife canary falls into...

Roller Canary: A Long-Forgotten Lunacy

Nearly 30 years ago, a document was drawn up suggesting that more than 2,000 avian species would require a licence, including the domesticated canary. Thankfully...

Q&A: Keeping And Breeding Canaries

Old and rare variety specialist DONALD SKINNER-REID fields some recent enquiries about keeping and breeding canaries Q Do you give your canaries cuttlefish and grit?  A Donald Skinner-Reid...

The Cuckoo: Feather By Feather

Jarrod Cotter turns his attention to the cuckoo, whose characteristic call that once announced the arrival of spring is now rarely heard in the...

The Life Of Dippers

Dippers don’t merely dip, they plunge, walk and even fly under water. Bill Naylor guides us around the life of this most characterful of...

The Redwing Invader

Bill Naylor hails that cracking little thrush, the redwing, which swarms to Britain every year from its Continental base. The smallest European thrush, the redwing...
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