Neil - Owner, Paradise Pets Swindon 
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of helping UK owners catch heat stress in their birds before it becomes critical. The Met Office has now escalated this week’s UK heatwave to a Red Extreme Heat Warning, with temperatures … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of selling pet birds and watching what happens when new owners are told the right things before they take a bird home, and what happens when they are not. In 2026, more UK families are getting pet … 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 how the UK’s relationship with birds, wild and kept, has changed. The Greenfinch’s collapse onto the UK Red List is one of the most significant bird conservation … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of selling budgerigars, cockatiels, canaries, finches, and watching which birds genuinely thrive in UK homes and which ones struggle. In 2026, the budgerigar remains the UK’s most popular pet bird by a considerable margin. This is his … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of helping UK families build genuine relationships with the birds in their lives. This year, 650,279 people took part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch — the world’s largest garden wildlife survey … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds. UK summers have changed during that time, and the calls he receives about heat-stressed budgies have increased significantly. This is his honest, practical guide on what … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of selling bird food, feeders, and watching how advice in this trade has shifted over the decades. The RSPB’s new feeding guidance for summer 2026 is the most significant change to mainstream bird feeding advice he has … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgerigars at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with this species. The RSPB’s updated guidance on trichomonosis this summer is genuinely significant, and budgie owners specifically keep asking me what it actually means for them. This is … 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 first-hand experience with both garden birds and pet birds. Trichomonosis, the disease currently driving major declines in UK garden birds, is mostly written about in terms of wild … 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 helping UK owners protect their birds through every major British avian disease event. The UK has been through one of the most significant bird flu seasons in recent memory across 2025-2026, … Read more