London Fancy show standard

Posted on 07/03/202011/12/2022 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

This article was updated on 11 December 2022 following the recognition of the London Fancy by COM, but please note that the COM standard does not recognise brown London Fancy canaries at present. For more information please refer to my article “Mission accomplished: the London Fancy recognised by COM”. Regular readers of this blog will […]... 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

National 2019 LFs Best unfl (JCoakley)-FSS

London Fancies at the National Exhibition 2019

Posted on 23/10/2019 by Huw Evans 6 Comments

Thirty birds entered, 22 benched. It doesn’t sound much, but 20 years ago I’d never have believed that any London Fancies would have been exhibited at all, yet here they were, and so was I to judge them. Better still, many of the over-year birds looked like the real thing: almost clear bodies with dark […]... Read More

Brian Hogg

Posted on 05/06/201907/06/2019 by Huw Evans 5 Comments

Many of you will have heard the sad news that Brian Hogg has died (1). I’m sure there will be many tributes to him in a forthcoming edition of Cage and Aviary Birds, but I wanted to add my own appreciation of Brian, one of the canary fancy’s great ambassadors.... 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

National 2018 Best jonque in 2017 AE-FSS

The National Exhibition 2018: the London Fancies

Posted on 14/10/2018 by Huw Evans 5 Comments

There was a smaller display of London Fancies than we have seen in recent years, but to quote the old cliché, the quality of the birds more than compensated for the quantity (or lack of it).... Read More

TV celebrity show

Posted on 27/03/201827/03/2018 by Huw Evans Leave a comment

Starring the London Fancy with a supporting cast of Piet Renders and Theo Minten at the Meijels Pracht show, the Netherlands. Click on the video below: ... Read More

fine spangled sort

The London Fancy and the Lizard canary

London Fancy