From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has sold and advised on cage and aviary birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988. The RSPB’s 2026 Patterns of Persecution report is mainly about wild birds of prey, but it also carries a clear lesson for indoor bird owners: people who care about birds can help by … 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 helping UK bird owners through hot summers. With the Met Office reporting an unusual run of 35°C days in May, June and July 2026, this guide explains how to position … 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 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 birds at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with budgies, cockatiels, canaries, and aviary birds. The APHA’s bird flu prevention guidance was restructured and reissued in June 2026 following the lifting of the Avian Influenza Prevention … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold budgies, cockatiels, and canaries at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988. When the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone lifted on 4 June 2026, most of the conversations he had at the counter went the same way. This article is his honest response to the question … 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. This week is Invasive Species Week 2026 — 22 to 28 June — and the invasive species that most concerns him … Read more
From the counter at Paradise Pets Neil has kept, bred, and sold cockatiels at Paradise Pets Swindon since 1988 — over 35 years of first-hand experience with these birds specifically. Cockatiels have now firmly established themselves as the UK’s most popular small parrot after the budgie, and current industry rankings place them as the country’s … 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 UK summers with birds. The RSPB’s May 2026 guidance confirms what Neil has been saying at the counter for years: the UK’s warm months are now genuinely challenging for birds, … 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 new owners take a bird home for the first time and seeing exactly where, in the first week, things tend to go wrong. UK pet bird ownership has climbed to … Read more