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


t the time of writing this introduction on 14th June it is a particularly wet day and I am just pleased that I am in a dry office and suspect that many of you are also inside today, let us hope that summer starts soon! There is certainly no need to take the lids off the nest boxes where there are broods of well feathered youngsters just to make sure they do not suffer from sun stroke! This year so far bird breeding has been ‘challenging’ due to the low night temperatures causing more infertile eggs than is the norm. Generally bird keeping is a relaxing past time, however, for hobbyist breeders that keep their birds in aviaries through the breeding season cool wet weather can also be a worrying time. Those who keep their stock in breeding rooms where they can more easily warm the building are in a far more satisfactory position. In this edition of Bird Scene I have both an excellent article from Dave Harris on the beautiful Crimson Finch and extensive details on the forthcoming National Exhibition. This is now the thirtieth edition of Bird Scene, how quickly five years can


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pass when you are working on such an interesting 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 not have this problem, or for that matter the cost of colour printing. As a result of increases to the costs of both postage and printing I am really pleased that we decided to produce Bird Scene as a FREE e-magazine. We have learnt a great deal over the past


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