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 selling pet birds and watching how the UK’s bird keeping landscape has changed around them. Invasive Species Week 2026 runs from 22 to 28 June. Every year, the coverage focuses on what invasive species do to … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of selling budgerigars and taking the calls that come in during heatwaves from owners who do not realise what is happening until it is already serious. Amber heat alerts are active across all regions of England as … 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 budgerigars, cockatiels, canaries, finches, and dozens of other species. Every January, hundreds of thousands of UK families take part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching how bird flu outbreaks develop, how the rules around them change, and how the information that matters most to pet bird owners tends to get lost between the headlines. The Avian Influenza Prevention Zone across … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold pet birds and small animals at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching exotic pet ownership grow from a niche interest into a genuinely mainstream part of UK pet keeping. The UK now keeps around 3 million pet birds, … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has been keeping, breeding, and selling birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of watching UK seasons, UK bird populations, and the slow change in what British bird keeping looks like from inside a shop that has been in the same place for all … 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 which animals families choose, and why those reasons shift with the times. I want to be honest from the start about something the title of this piece … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of selling pet birds and receiving the calls that no bird owner ever wants to make. This summer, as in every summer before it, those calls are coming in. But not for the reason most people expect. … 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 giving out garden bird feeding advice that, until recently, had not changed in any fundamental way for decades. The RSPB’s 2026 update genuinely overturns several long-standing recommendations. This … 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