Spanish National 2019 Banos de la Encina-FI

Spanish National 2019 judging for BIS-FSS

Spanish National 2019 judges & organisers-FSS

Spanish National 2019 judging the specials-FSS

Spanish National 2019 the organisers-FSS

Spanish National 2019 Alfonso, Ernest & Kiko-FSS

Spanish National 2019 Fabio enjoys himself while Domenico does the work!-FSS

Spanish National 2019 Juan Carlos Blanco-FSS

Spanish National 2019 MIGUEL RECACHA GONZÁLEZ, the Keyring man-FSS

Spanish National 2019 tension mounts-FSS

The Greatest Show on Earth?

Posted on 17/11/201918/11/2019 by Huw Evans 2 Comments

Regular readers of this blog may remember my effusive account of the Club Amigos del Canario Lizard show which I published one year ago. That event attracted over 300 Lizard canaries plus the Ocelados (1). It was a memorable event. Could this year’s show improve on that remarkable gathering? Yes! I Show Nacional del Canario Lizard, […]... 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

National 2019 2ndBest Lizard THorton-FSS

National 2019 Best Champ AWilliamson-FSS

National 2019 2nd Best Champ AWilliamson-FSS

Classic Lizards at the National Exhibition 2019

Posted on 13/10/201917/10/2019 by Huw Evans 2 Comments

Let me get the usual complaints out of the way. The first weekend in October is far too early for a show as important as the National, but it is a fact of life and we have to live with it.... 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 4 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

London Fancies at the National Exhibition 2017

Posted on 13/10/2017 by Huw Evans Leave a comment

The National Exhibition is one of the few events in this country (or anywhere in the World) where you can see new London Fancies on display. Officially, this section of the show is hosted by the London Fancy Canary Club, but in practice it is down to the hard work and dedication of two fanciers: […]... Read More

The National Exhibition of Birds 2017

Posted on 09/10/2017 by Huw Evans 1 Comment

Those of you who remember the ‘old’ National, will quite likely dismiss the ‘new’ National as a pale shadow of the original event. Gone is the NEC (1), a prestigious international venue with its excellent air, rail and road links, replaced by an agricultural show ground in rural Staffordshire. Gone is the December rendezvous at […]... Read More

Memories of the Knighton partnership

Posted on 24/09/201727/09/2017 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

In 1990 Cage & Aviary Birds published a ‘four page pull-out’ featuring the Lizard canary. It was organised by John Scott on behalf of the LCA. It contained articles by John, Stan Bolton, a poem in Black Country dialect by Brian Gisby (brilliant), a summary of the Lizard canary show standard, and an article on […]... Read More

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The London Fancy and the Lizard canary . . . for those who are very curious

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