Top news this week concerns the new rules on bird gatherings, where the law in Scotland appears to say that a vet must be present at any show or sale! More also on the new laws (or are they laws yet?) on the expanded Poultry Register. Do you need to be on it? We’ll tell you (and if you do it doesn’t sound like rocket science.) Cover bird this week is the “talking” myna, once so popular, now a cherished scarcity in collections – but as charismatic as ever. We have regular bulletins and expert advice on Yorkshire and Fife canaries, plus a call for proper standards across Gloster shows in Europe. Budgerigars, British, zebbies and ducks all feature – and we have a special report from this month’s Stafford extravaganza.

Top news this week concerns the new rules on bird gatherings, where the law in Scotland appears to say that a vet must be present at any show or sale! More also on the new laws (or are they laws yet?) on the expanded Poultry Register. Do you need to be on it? We’ll tell you (and if you do it doesn’t sound like rocket science.) Cover bird this we....