Lizards a-go-go: the Amigos show 2025

Posted on 18/11/2025 by Huw Evans 5 Comments

I’ve been to bird shows in all sorts of venues: great exhibition centres, sports halls, village halls, pubs and marquees, but the Club Amigos del Canario Lizard show was the first time I’ve ever seen canaries exhibited at a dance hall. The 2025 edition was held at an hotel complex in La Carlota near […]... Read More

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Lizarddag 2019

Posted on 30/10/201931/10/2019 by Huw Evans 6 Comments

My show season starts in earnest with my annual pilgrimage to Keyenborg (1) in Holland. It has, for many years, been the only specialist Lizard show that attracts an international entry. There were 207 birds on show, and true to form, the major prize winners came from Belgium, Holland and Great Britain.... Read More

EALCA Show 2017

Posted on 22/11/2017 by Huw Evans 6 Comments

Traditionally, the East Anglia Lizard Canary Association show is the first of the major Lizard shows to be held each year in Great Britain. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was second only to the National Exhibition in importance. ... Read More

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Bologna 2016: the judge’s report

Posted on 01/12/201602/12/2016 by Huw Evans Leave a comment

My guest contributor this week is Joe Coakley who, in his own words, felt ‘very privileged’ to judge the Lizard canary section at the Bologna Show in 2016. I think it will be obvious from the photographs (which Joe also provided) why he was so enthusiastic about the quality of the birds on display. Joe […]... Read More

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The London Fancy and the Lizard canary

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Lizards a-go-go: the Amigos show 2025

Lizarddag 2019

EALCA Show 2017

Bologna 2016: the judge’s report