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 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
Updated 24 September 2026: Corrected daily bowl care and separated routine cleaning, disinfection and illness precautions. A useful cage-cleaning routine answers three questions: what needs doing today, what needs taking apart for a more thorough clean, and what changes if a bird becomes unwell. It should be easy for every carer to follow, rather than … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years at the same counter, in the same town, watching the same mistake appear in front of him with a consistency that he finds both frustrating and, at this point, entirely predictable. This … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching budgerigars communicate and watching their owners miss what is being communicated. The signs that a budgie is unwell are present well before the bird looks obviously sick. They are not dramatic. They are not obvious. … 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 watching owners make mistakes that cost their birds’ lives through no fault of their own, simply because nobody told them the right information at the right time. The houseplant question … 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 watching what happens to pet birds across every kind of British summer. In a summer like 2026 — record heat, unprecedented May temperatures, Amber warnings into June — the question of … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of warning bird owners about the household hazards that nobody tells them about at the point of purchase. Most people who read about birds and kitchen dangers think about non-stick cookware. This article is not about that. … 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 daily first-hand experience with these birds and the people who feed them. The diet question is the one he answers most often and the one where the gap between what … Read more