Lizarddag 2018
Football commentators are rather fond of describing a match as ‘a game of two halves’; a statement of the obvious.... Read More
Marko Dielen
Lizarddag 2017: the London Fancies
Of all the innovations at the 2017 edition of the Lizarddag, the introduction of a class for London Fancies is surely the one that will be remembered as a major step forward. I realise that classes for London Fancies have been provided for several years at the National Exhibition of Birds and at the South […]... Read More
Variegation, part 4: the fugitive black gene
The general tendency of the whole Canary tribe is to struggle out of darkness into light. W.A. Blakston (1) In this short series we have looked at variegation through its manifestations in other species: greenfinches, budgerigars and chickens. When it comes to visual impact however, no canary accomplished the ‘struggle out of darkness into light’ […]... Read More