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


ell here we are the twenty- sixth edition of Bird Scene. What a cracking National


Exhibition we have just experienced the P.S. Council were delighted by the 6,750 visitors to the event and very heartened by the favourable comments from our trade supporters many along the lines of ‘the best sale day ever’. As the roof of Bingley Hall is in the process of a £1,000,000 refurbishment there were some lighting issues but I am sure they will be resolved by the time of our next visit to the Staffordshire County Showground. The clubs associated with the National Exhibition were full of praise for the way the exhibition is developing and with 4,510 exhibits they have every reason to be happy it might sound very confident but an 11% increase in birds staged next year would take us to the magical 5,000 birds a number not seen at any UK show since 2003 when the last Birmingham NEC National was held. I am sure it can be done and it would be great to achieve this figure in 2016. Neil Randle our resident photographer was busy all day and managed to take 700 pictures, he was working very hard and this will


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give us plenty of material for future publications.


The autumn months are always so busy for the Parrot Society office as no sooner have we finished The National Exhibition than we start to build up for our ‘Help Bird Keepers’ Show also at Stafford on Sunday 6th December this year. Tickets and tables can be booked from the PSUK Shop on our website. We are really becoming attached to this publication because it is without doubt ‘the way to go’ possibly the most interesting question in relation to ‘New Technology’ is when will all bird keepers have both the interest to grasp this type of publication and when will they have the hardware to access this form of offering? Bird keepers already have a hobby and a very rewarding one it is; they do not need computers and all that goes with their purchase, installation and maintenance. Currently they can obtain everything they need via bird related paper magazines but eventually that will change and when electronic magazines become accepted by the majority clubs will have to take the hard decision as to whether to continue with the paper


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