National 2021 Best Lizard (R&I Wright)-FSS

National 2021 Best Novice (Nick Rayson)-FSS

Natonal 2021 2nd Best Lizard (R&I Wright)-FSS

National Exhibition 2021: the Lizard canaries

Posted on 07/10/202108/10/2021 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

Business as usual? Not quite. There were obvious signs that 2021 was a transitional year; the covid lockdown had cast its shadow over the event. There were plenty of visitors, but not the crush of previous years; there were fewer trade stands in the sales halls and fewer rows of staging in the exhibition hall. […]... Read More

CB 1952 11.27 Best Cin Norwich @ Nat-AWBarnes-FSS

The English Cinnamon canary, Part 3

Posted on 21/04/202029/04/2020 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

The Second World War had taken its toll of the Cinnamon canary. According to Mr. E. Jenkins, “the Cinnamon studs still in existence could be counted on one’s fingers” (1). His statement seems to be endorsed by the lower number of birds exhibited at the National Exhibition after the war. In 1947 some 24 Cinnamons, […]... Read More

Snelling & Southwick at 1954 National-FSS

Lizards at the National Exhibition during the 1950s

Posted on 19/03/202031/08/2020 by Huw Evans 9 Comments

No other show has played such an important part in the affairs of the Lizard Canary Association as the National Exhibition (1). Sponsored by Cage Birds magazine (as it was then known), it was the ‘National’ that gave the nascent LCA the opportunity to demonstrate to the world its determination to save the oldest breed […]... Read More

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 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

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

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