Les Rance, Editor, The Parrot Society UK | www.theparrotsocietyuk.org


his time last year we were planning for our 50th Anniversary of The Parrot Society and to mark this wonderful achievement we were going to hold a seminar at Chester Zoo over the weekend of 17th and 18th September with speakers from around the world talking about parrot conservation issues and their experiences, a weekend that turned out to be a huge success. How issues can change in just twelve months, we are still experiencing Avian Flu and now that African Grey parrots have been up-listed to Annex A of CITES we are advising people on what is required from DEFRA to ensure that all Greys that are sold have the correct Article 10 papers. Bird keeping is a relaxing past time, however, for hobbyist breeders that keep their birds in unheated aviaries through the poor weather experienced this spring it can also be a worrying time. Those who keep their stock in breeding rooms where they can easily turn up the heating however are in a far more satisfactory position. In this edition of Bird Scene we are very


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pleased to have an excellent article from David Allen on one of the rare breeds of canary the Scotch Fancy and also a very interesting article on breeding the Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus) from Weltvogelpark, Walsrode, Germany, happy reading. This is now the thirty fourth edition of Bird Scene, how quickly six years can pass when you are working on project – the first FREE on-line bird magazine produced in the UK. At 48 pages this is quite a big read! Every time we post the Parrot Society magazine I cringe at the cost. Postal costs appear to have increased far faster than inflation and if The Royal Mail are not careful they will find that their income will reduce even further as people and businesses send less and less by conventional means. These costs obviously affect bird clubs when the show schedules have to be posted to potential exhibitors and equally it affects the exhibitors when they return their entries. In addition how much longer will bird clubs be able to afford to post magazines to their members? This must be a great worry to many club officials. Fortunately with an e-magazine we do


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