Congratulations Jed Dwight
Best in Show at the Virtual Poultry Shows’ Winterfest 2020. Championship judge, Tom Newbould commented ‘A stylish drake. Not the easiest colour but impressive here and looks in fantastic condition. Great head and bill too.’ Well done Jed!
Housing our birds is now mandatory
Due to the risk of avian influenza, new housing measures to protect poultry and captive birds will come into force on 14 December in England, Scotland and Wales. It will be a legal requirement for all bird keepers to keep their birds indoors and to follow strict biosecurity measures. We must house our birds in […]
Bird ‘flu is affecting more and more locations
An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) has been declared across the whole of Great Britain to mitigate the risk of the disease spreading. This means it is a legal requirement for all bird keepers to follow strict biosecurity measures. Keepers with more than 500 birds will need to restrict access for non-essential people on their […]
Biosecurity review time
Two separate and unrelated cases of avian influenza have been confirmed in England, and restrictions are in place. Earlier this week low pathogenic avian influenza (H5N2) was confirmed on a small commercial poultry premises in Kent and also highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 in Cheshire. How is your biosecurity? We should all have a plan; […]
Entries are now closed for Champion Waterfowl 2020
Thank you to everyone who has participated! We have had some super birds entered and judging will begin very soon. Once all the entries are uploaded and labelled, we will put them up in the Events section for everyone to enjoy. That should be later this week, so do check back and we will announce […]
Champion Waterfowl Online 2020
We cordially invite you to submit entries for a virtual show of domestic waterfowl. These will be judged on the quality of the birds rather than of the photos, but the photos will provide the evidence for applying the standards to the birds. Pet birds will be judged on condition alone. View the show details […]
Major step towards single global bird taxonomy announced
Credit: Text – BirdGuides News and Photo – Ian Bollen The International Ornithologists’ Union (IOU) has formed the Working Group on Avian Checklists (WGAC) with a view to produce and maintain an open-access global checklist of bird species that will unify different taxonomies. The checklist will be kept on the IOU website and is intended to serve as the […]
Show stopper…
The BWA Champion Waterfowl Exhibition for 2020 has been cancelled. An on-line mini show will launch in September.
IWWA – Captive Waterfowl Survey
2020 Waterfowl in Aviculture Survey Conducted every five years, the International Wild Waterfowl Association (IWWA) survey tracks population trends. The results of this survey are the most accurate representation of waterfowl numbers under human care. Now we have the ability to reach waterfowl keepers across the world, maintain the privacy of respondents, and sort large […]
We’ll have to hold off with the crowd scenes.
We are sad to report that we are postponing the Spring Open Event, as a result of the recent government advice. It is anticipated that the peak of COVID 19 infections will be in May. During the current crisis, we should be considering how best to care for our birds and support members who may […]
