We stock the largest selection of birds in the area - in the summer we may have thousands of birds ranging from finches up to exotic parrots.
The bird section is looked after by Neil and his staff who have kept all sorts of birds for over 30 years.
We offer full advice on all aspects of bird keeping; our bird specialists have over 60 years' experience dealing with them.
Aviaries for your garden can be built to any size and erected if needed.
Everyone loves budgies and canaries and we always have plenty of babies in stock ready to go.
If it's the more exotic finches you're looking for then come and see what we have or give us a call.
All the seed and accessories you may need for finches to budgies to parrots are stocked, including nest boxes, cages, stands and lots more besides.
From Cage and Aviary Birds
Read the latest updates, care tips and helpful advice from our Cage and Aviary Birds section.
Bird care guides from Paradise Pets Swindon, covering budgies, cockatiels, canaries, finches, cage setup, diet, heat safety and welfare advice from Neil.
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching UK garden birds change with the seasons, the decades, and the surveys. Every spring, the RSPB releases the results of the Big Garden Birdwatch — the world’s largest garden wildlife survey — and every spring, … 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 watching the UK’s relationship with parrots, both kept and wild. Few birds divide opinion as sharply as the ring-necked parakeet, now a familiar sight across much of southern England … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling cage and aviary birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching the ring-necked parakeet’s journey from genuine rarity to one of the most argued-about birds in Britain. With a Channel 4 documentary fronted by Chris Packham bringing … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching UK bird life change through the seasons and the decades. In recent years, the question he hears increasingly at the counter is not about budgies or cockatiels but about wild birds that owners are seeing … 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 of first-hand experience with budgies, cockatiels, canaries, and aviary birds. In that time he has watched thousands of birds live shorter lives than they should have. This is his honest account … 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 of first-hand experience with budgies, cockatiels, canaries, and aviary birds. In that time, some of the most persistent and puzzling behaviour problems he has been asked about have had their root … 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 of first-hand experience with budgies, cockatiels, canaries, and aviary birds. In that time, the thing that has impressed him most about these animals is not how much they can learn. It … 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 watching the relationship between these birds and the people who keep them. The subject of budgie loneliness is one he thinks about more than most, because it is the welfare problem … Read more
Updated 24 September 2026: Rebuilt the room-check plan; corrected light, humidity and urgent-care advice. When the heating comes on, check the room your budgie actually lives in: where its cage stands, what happens overnight, and what else shares its air. A warm thermostat reading elsewhere in the house does not answer those questions. This guide … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and kept cage birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of experience with budgies, cockatiels, canaries, and a full range of companion birds. The conversation he has most often — and the one that weighs on him most — is the one … Read more