Mission accomplished: the London Fancy recognised by COM

Posted on 10/12/202214/12/2022 by Huw Evans 15 Comments

I imagine most of my readers will have heard the news that London Fancy canary passed the final examination at the Gouden Ring show last week. The breed has been formally recognised by COM.... 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

Lizarddag 2017- Mealy LF bred by PRenders-FSS

Lizarddag 2017: the London Fancies

Posted on 04/11/201701/11/2017 by Huw Evans 1 Comment

Of all the innovations at the 2017 edition of the Lizarddag, the introduction of a class for London Fancies is surely the one that will be remembered as a major step forward. I realise that classes for London Fancies have been provided for several years at the National Exhibition of Birds and at the South […]... Read More

Variegation, part 4: the fugitive black gene

Posted on 22/02/201722/02/2017 by Huw Evans 6 Comments

The general tendency of the whole Canary tribe is to struggle out of darkness into light. W.A. Blakston (1) In this short series we have looked at variegation through its manifestations in other species: greenfinches, budgerigars and chickens. When it comes to visual impact however, no canary accomplished the ‘struggle out of darkness into light’ […]... Read More

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The London Fancy and the Lizard canary

Marko Dielen

Mission accomplished: the London Fancy recognised by COM

Lizarddag 2018

Lizarddag 2017: the London Fancies

Variegation, part 4: the fugitive black gene