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

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

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

Lizarddag 2017 LF & Lizards at the show-FI

A visit to Piet, 2017

Posted on 12/11/2017 by Huw Evans 9 Comments

2017 has been an eventful year for Piet Renders (1). A fall at work resulted in a broken pelvis and a damaged spine amongst other injuries, and whilst he has recovered, he still has pain and limited mobility in his left arm which has prevented him from returning to work. The fall happened during the […]... 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

Bird’s eye view: London Fancy look-alikes

Posted on 05/05/2017 by Huw Evans 6 Comments

A photograph of a white ‘London Fancy’ appeared on Kanarioloog last autumn, but was soon taken down. I feared that might be the last we would see of the bird, but thanks to friends in Spain and Belgium, I have managed to track it down.... 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

fine spangled sort

The London Fancy and the Lizard canary

Piet Renders