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	SCOTTISH PATTERN NO 1 SHOWCAGE Dimensions are now on the Show cages page Click Here Please note: Some Specialist Societies do not accept this size cage please check with the show organiser before taking your birds in this size cage.

	2010 RINGS & GENERAL LICENCE ANNOUNCEMENT Rings are dispatched in padded envelopes, postal damage is unlikely, but rings should be checked on arrival. Please note a slight misalignment of digits or a slight flaking of white inlay does occur in manufacture and should not be a matter of concern as it is totally different to damage caused when a ring is tampered with. Users of General Licences should make themselves fully aware of conditions of the licence they use. Copies of General Licences can be obtained by post from Natural England, Block A Government Buildings, Coley Avenue, Coley Park, reading RG1 6DT or can be accessed on website www.naturalengland.org.uk Species listed on Schedule 3 part 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act are permitted under legislation to be offered for sale or competitively shown if ringed in accordance with ringing regulations i.e. Captive Bred and ringed with the correct size ring issued by the B.B.C. or I.O.A. Note Schedule 3 part 1 species not ringed in accordance with ringing regulations must be individually licensed by Natural England if they are to be offered for sale or competitively shown. Application form link http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/regulation/wildlife/licences/applicationforms.aspx General Licence WML/GEN L16 permits the competitive showing of species not listed on Schedule 3 part 1 subject to conditions of this licence. Note proof of breeding documentation is a condition of this licence. General Licence WML/GEN L18 permits sale and competitive showing of Mealy Redpoll (Carduelis flammea flammea) provided it is ringed with size C ring issued by B.B.C. or I.O.A. Note documentation is not now a requirement of this licence. General Licence WML/GEN L24 permits sale of species not listed on Schedule 3 part 1 provided conditions of the licence are met. Note proof of breeding documentation is a condition of this licence.

	AVIAN STRATEGY FOR HOBBYIST LIVESTOCK AND PET BIRDS Compiled by THE COMMITTEE FOR BIRD STRATEGY AVIAN HEALTH AND WELFARE STRATEGY FOR HOBBYIST LIVESTOCK AND PET BIRDS This is the Draft document Compiled by the committee for Bird Strategy working for stakeholders with encouragement from The England Implementation Group. This Document is intended to cover all birds kept for recreational purposes in captivity in Great Britain. This document is the starting point that will build into ‘The Health and Welfare Strategy for Birds’, setting recommendations and Good Practice Guidelines for the future of bird keeping in England. Click Here Any comments on this draft document can be emailed to our office before March 2009


	C.O.M. I.D. CODED RINGS CAN NOW BE ORDERED FROM THE BBC, If you would like to show your birds abroad at the world show for example, we can now supply you with the rings, The BBC has affiliated to C.O.M Great Britian to allow all our members birds rung with the new BBC, C.O.M I.D coded and coloured with C.O.M year colour rings to compete at worldwide events, see our downloads page for order form and ring sizes chart. Colour Coded rings have a six year cycle: 2009 Violet , 2010 Orange , 2011 Dark Blue ,2012 Red , 2013 Black , 2014 Light Green . From 2015 the cycle restarts with Violet etc.