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 both in British gardens and in British homes. The 2026 Big Garden Birdwatch counted over 9.4 million birds across more than 80 species. This is … 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 watching both garden birds and pet birds up close. More than 650,000 people took part in this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch, and Neil thinks that’s wonderful. He also thinks it’s worth … 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 population of garden birds outside the shop change as much as the birds inside it. This year’s Big Garden Birdwatch results, released by the RSPB, paint a … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has run Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of conversations with British gardeners about the wild birds in their gardens. The RSPB has just released the results of the 2026 Big Garden Birdwatch — the world’s largest garden wildlife survey — and this year’s numbers … 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 conversations with British gardeners and birdwatchers about the wild birds in their gardens. The house sparrow has just topped the British garden bird list again in the latest UK survey results … Read more