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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...

Top of the popularity poll

Everyone loves a redpoll! ANDY JOHNSON is happy to recommend this gorgeous little native finch as a perfect ‘second species’ or indeed as a...

The coppery omnivore

Richly hued, high-flying and adaptable... on the other hand the ruddy shelduck has some dubious eating habits and a raucous voice. BILL NAYLOR paints...

The CFW: squaring the circle

Here’s an extremely popular zebbie mutation whose unique selling point is the impossible  demands it makes on the breeder. DAVE BROWN ought to know...

Progressive greying: beyond the London fancy

In Part One, HEIN VAN GROUW explained exactly how the London fancy canary progresses from an all-dark first plumage to assume its classic pattern...

The London fancy: its plumage explained

This enigmatic, recently resurrected canary continues to provoke both puzzlement and controversy among breeders. Yet in fact its distinctive mutation is far from unique...
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