London Fancy

S.tristis + C.magellanica-FI Am goldfinch x canary hen Jaspe x Lizard F3 cross

Bird’s eye view: More thoughts on the London Fancy

Posted on by Huw Evans 2 Comments
Everyone seems to have their own thoughts on the London Fancy, and most of them have been aired in Cage and Aviary Birds several times over the last 100 years, but occasionally the magazine publishes an article that covers new ground and contributes to our knowledge.  Andy Early’s article More thoughts on the London Fancy […]... Read More
Caravaggio-Flight into Egypt Wilton Diptych Annuciation-Martini copy FI

The angel and the canary

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It’s Christmas eve; we will soon be celebrating the nativity, but I am going to remind you of how it started: with the annunciation.  In this triptych*, the archangel Gabriel appears before the virgin Mary to tell her of the forthcoming birth of a son.  Notice anything unusual about the angel, and the rosette of angels in the […]... Read More
Lf Stafford 2015 BIS-FI LF Stafford 2015-BH judge-LR LF Stafford 2015-BH+LFs-LR LF Stafford 2015-PR & AE-LR LF Stafford 2015-PR & BH-LR LF Stafford 2015-PR+MR+AE-LR LF Stafford 2015-BH & PR-LR

Brave New World: the New London Fancy at the Stafford Show 2015

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The 2015 edition of the National at Stafford was a breakthrough event for the New London Fancy.  It was a sight that has not been seen on the show bench for well over a century, and surely is a harbinger of greater things to come. There are times when if things need to happen then […]... Read More
FSS, Hope-FI

What’s in a name: the Fine Spangled Sort

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W. A. Blakston, the renowned Victorian author and judge, possessed a very old book that, in his opinion, contained “a deal of sound information on Canary matters”. He quoted extracts from it a couple of times in his chapters for Canaries and Cage Birds (1778-81), the greatest book ever written on canaries. Unfortunately the book had […]... Read More