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Gail Harland’s waterbirds

The black-bellied whistling duck NATIVE to the Americas, the black-bellied whistling duck is common along the coasts of the southern states of the USA. It...

Seed is just the start

Feeding our beautiful native finches is not complicated, says MARK JONES, but quality and variation make a vast difference to the health and condition...

If you enjoy a feeding challenge…

…foreign softbills are for you! Expert breeder GARY BRALSFORD guides us through the extensive range of feeds, and describes in depth the régime for...

Short and pithy

Reader SANDY HAY of Portknockie CBS liked these letters from the famous birdkeeping journal of 1934. ‘Keep them short’ was the editor’s instruction –...

Prigen’s pheasant priorities

The World Pheasant Organisation has funded new breeding aviaries for endangered firebacks at the famous conservation ark in Indonesia. JOCHEN MENNER reports THE two species...

Size and posture make the Raza a winner

A type canary smaller than a Fife? Free-breeding and available in loads of lovely colours? ADAM KENDALL was intrigued enough to acquire some Razas...
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