Nat 2021 Best spangleback (RKnowles)-FSS

The National Exhibition 2021: the London Fancies

Posted on 10/10/2021 by Huw Evans 2 Comments

These are exciting times for the London Fancy canary. We were denied a show season in 2020 thanks to lockdown, but the photographic evidence showed that the breed had made significant progress that year. Several breeders including Antonio Cientanni, Joe Coakley, Andy Early, Richard Knowles, Martin Walker and Andy Williamson had produced excellent specimens that […]... Read More

National 2021 Best Lizard (R&I Wright)-FSS

National 2021 Best Novice (Nick Rayson)-FSS

Natonal 2021 2nd Best Lizard (R&I Wright)-FSS

National Exhibition 2021: the Lizard canaries

Posted on 07/10/202108/10/2021 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

Business as usual? Not quite. There were obvious signs that 2021 was a transitional year; the covid lockdown had cast its shadow over the event. There were plenty of visitors, but not the crush of previous years; there were fewer trade stands in the sales halls and fewer rows of staging in the exhibition hall. […]... Read More

Vincent & Colette at LCA Classic 1997-FSS

Vincent Coquet, the French connoisseur

Posted on 25/11/2020 by Huw Evans 6 Comments

“He’s a genuinely nice person, a caring friend, loyal, hospitable, generous, bird-wise his awards speak for themselves”. A tribute to Vincent Coquet by Joe Coakley... Read More

Snelling & Southwick at 1954 National-FSS

Lizards at the National Exhibition during the 1950s

Posted on 19/03/202031/08/2020 by Huw Evans 9 Comments

No other show has played such an important part in the affairs of the Lizard Canary Association as the National Exhibition (1). Sponsored by Cage Birds magazine (as it was then known), it was the ‘National’ that gave the nascent LCA the opportunity to demonstrate to the world its determination to save the oldest breed […]... Read More

World Show 2020: the London Fancy

Posted on 02/02/202003/02/2020 by Huw Evans 11 Comments

I promised a progress report on the London Fancy. I will keep it brief.... Read More

World Show 2020: Lizard canaries

Posted on 29/01/202029/01/2020 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

This year’s World Show returned to Matosinhos (1) in Portugal. My primary purpose was to make the second presentation of the London Fancy, which I will report in a separate post, but I stayed on to visit the show on the opening Friday. As so often happens, I spent more time talking to people than […]... Read More

LCA Classic 2019, part 2: a judging tutorial

Posted on 24/11/2019 by Huw Evans 3 Comments

My guest contributor this week is David Allen, who judged the Lizards at the LCA Classic. Here he explains how he went about his task and describes some of the finer details he looks for in the Lizard canary.... Read More

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The London Fancy and the Lizard canary . . . for those who are very curious

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