UK pet and bird welfare news explained by Paradise Pets Swindon, with practical advice for bird owners, small-pet keepers and families in Wiltshire.
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching which birds come into fashion, which ones stay, and which ones produce a wave of rehoming enquiries six months after the trend peaks. Lovebirds have been gaining ground in the UK pet bird market in … 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 bird identification play out at every level, from experienced UK ornithologists debating rarity records to UK families arriving at the shop counter genuinely uncertain about what … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching what happens to pet birds during the school summer holidays. England’s summer break begins around 20 July 2026. Scotland’s started in late June. There are approximately three million pet birds in UK homes. A significant … 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 world of birds from every angle. The story of the Javan green magpie is, in my view, one of the most urgent and most instructive conservation stories … 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 the relationship between captive bird keeping and wild bird conservation, and understanding why the two are not as separate as they might appear. The emergency fight to … 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 bird welfare across both wild and pet contexts. The RSPB has just published newly peer-reviewed research revealing that UK Common Swifts show extraordinary site fidelity — … 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 what happens at the intersection of garden bird feeding and indoor pet bird keeping. Most people treat these as entirely separate activities. They are not, and this … 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 across UK bird welfare in both homes and gardens. The RSPB has just released substantially updated summer feeding rules for UK garden bird feeders — a … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching what happens at the counter in the weeks after school breaks up. Summer holidays in England begin around 20 July 2026 for most schools, with Scotland already six weeks into its break. The phone enquiries … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of selling birds and having the conversation that most pet shops avoid. On 17 June 2026, the RSPB announced that the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest — thought to be between 800 and 1,200 years old, the … Read more