Like last week, there’s a “back from extinction” theme – but this is the lovely and unique Spix’s macaw, which is “gone” in the wild but thankfully persists in aviculture. We learn how the amazing work of one brilliant aviculturist has built the captive stock of Spix’s and hear the heart-stopping account of how the first captive-bred birds took wing in the wild. Back in the UK, we learn how plans for a much-loved foreign bird show are progressing, take advice on buying and show-prepping budgies, and catch up with live-wire YouTube fancier Ollie Crowther – while managing to cover all the other bases as well! 

Like last week, there’s a “back from extinction” theme – but this is the lovely and unique Spix’s macaw, which is “gone” in the wild but thankfully persists in aviculture. We learn how the amazing work of one brilliant aviculturist has built the captive stock of Spix’s and hear the heart-stopping account of how the first captive-bred birds took ....