Amigos 2018 winning Ocelados Angel Ortega-FSS

Club Amigos del Canario Lizard show 2018

Posted on 09/11/2018 by Huw Evans 5 Comments

The Lizard canary show scene has taken me to ten different countries, all of them with their own character, and all of them enjoyable, yet I have never experienced anything quite like the Club Amigos del Canario Lizard show.... Read More

Lizarddag 2018 Best colour fed MDielen-FSS

Lizarddag 2018

Posted on 31/10/2018 by Huw Evans 2 Comments

Football commentators are rather fond of describing a match as ‘a game of two halves’; a statement of the obvious.... Read More

The National Exhibition 2018

Posted on 11/10/2018 by Huw Evans 3 Comments

The 2018 show season is under way! ... Read More

Tish Harnett R.I.P.

Posted on 24/02/201824/02/2018 by Huw Evans 6 Comments

I have received the sad news that Tish Harnett has died after a long illness.... Read More

The road to Cesena, Part 2

Posted on 19/02/2018 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

For many British breeders, the World Show has replaced the old National Exhibition of Cage & Aviary Birds (1) as the climax of the Lizard canary show season. Of the 34 breeders from Great Britain who competed at Cesena, no less than eight entered birds in the Lizard classes. ... Read More

The road to Cesena, Part 1

Posted on 11/02/2018 by Huw Evans 1 Comment

According to Google maps, the road from Nottingham to Cesena is 1,128 miles (1815 km) long. Like many Lizard canary breeders, my road to Cesena was not measured by distance, but by the advances and retreats of a 15 month campaign to get my birds to the World Show.... Read More

Cesena 2018 BCSH Jules Etienne 87 points-FSS

The 2018 World Show, Part 3

Posted on 02/02/2018 by Huw Evans 5 Comments

How many judges does it take to judge the Lizard canaries at the World Show? Traditionally, the answer is two; they divide the classes between them but collaborate on the medal awards. At Bari in 2014, Vito Ventre judged the entire section by himself, and did a very good job too. At Cesena no less […]... Read More

fine spangled sort

The London Fancy and the Lizard canary

Lizard canary