Neil - Owner, Paradise Pets Swindon 
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has owned and run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988. In more than 35 years of helping bird owners, he has seen many budgies, cockatiels, canaries and finches become nervous because of simple household setup mistakes. Sparrowhawks hunting garden birds are a reminder that many small birds are naturally … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of visiting customers’ homes during follow-up conversations, having birds brought in for advice, and hearing descriptions of cage setups that produce a consistent and specific concern. Cage position is one of … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these animals through every kind of British summer. June 2026 has broken temperature records that stood since 1976. If you keep a pet bird, this article is for … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with this species through every kind of British summer. New research published in 2026 has specifically confirmed what the effects of heat on young birds actually look like at … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching which birds surge in popularity, and watching what happens in the months after that surge. Lovebirds are everywhere this summer — in enquiries, in online listings, in the conversations at this counter. So, if you … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cage birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years that have included some significant British summers. The late June 2026 heatwave produced record-breaking temperatures not seen in England since the 1970s, three consecutive Red Warnings for Extreme Heat, and overnight … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years at the intersection of the budgerigar trade and budgerigar welfare. There are approximately one million budgerigars kept in UK homes in 2026. They are the most popular exotic pet in the country. They are also, in his … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cage and aviary birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching UK pet bird community engagement with UK bird welfare research, guidance, and policy developments. The RSPB released substantially updated summer feeding rules for UK garden bird feeders … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with cage and aviary birds. The disease that has wiped out more than two million Greenfinches spread through one mechanism above all others. That mechanism exists in almost every … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of thinking about what birds are, what they need, and the gap between a bird’s natural life and the life most pet birds actually live. The annual return of puffins to Lundy … Read more