The LCA Classic 2016
Will 2016 be remembered as the Year of the Novice? Of the three major events held this year so far, the award for Best Lizard canary has gone to Novices at two. ... Read More
Lizard canary
Lizarddag 2016
Isn’t it wonderful when the underdog wins? It restores your faith in the human spirit when the competitors who always try hard, but usually have to settle for second best, finally have their moment of glory. The 2016 Lizarddag was one of those wonderful occasions.... Read More
The EALCA John Codling Memorial Show
Report by Joe Coakley: This year the EALCA Show moved from Kings Lynn to Emneth, Norfolk. It was also a Memorial Show paying tribute to former Chairman John Codling. The new show hall was a vast improvement on the EALCA’s former home with much more space, parking and facilities, my only criticism was the lighting […]... Read More
Bird’s eye view: the Breckland Cinnamon Lizard Canary Club
It was only a matter of time. Once a club for ‘blue lizards’ was formed, the genie was out of the bottle and, despite proclamations to the contrary, it was inevitable that other colours would follow. ... Read More
First Anniversary
Is today, so three cheers!... Read More
The fertile hybrid theory: the Serin
If you could go back 300 years to the France of Louis XIV, the Sun King, you would discover that the canary (Serinus canaria) was not called le Canari but le Serin de Canarie (the Serin of the Canaries). This is the name that Hervieux used to differentiate it from the ordinary Serin (Serinus serinus). […]... Read More
Miss O. Branch
There is a strand of schoolboy humour based on people with funny names. Most are smutty, some obscene, but the likes of Annette Curtin, Warren Peace, Justin Case and Orson Carte, still make me chuckle. ... Read More