Sunday 12th October 2025 saw the third show of Scotland's National Bird Club. 

In the Scots Fancy section, there were three champion exhibitors and I was pleased to win Best in SHow, 3rd Best in Show, Best Flighted, Best Unflighted, Best Yellow, Best Unflighted Piebald and Best Clear. Our Club President, Sandy Innes took 2nd Best in Show and Best Green, White and Cinnamon. 

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In the Old & Rare Varieties section, there were champion and novice exhibitors and the winner of Best Novice Old Variety was Fraser Kay with the smallest Raza Espanol I've ever seen. 

Gordon Alexander won Best Frill with a Fiorino and Best English Cinnamon and Best London Fancy. I won Best Belgian and Best Old Variety and Best Champion Old Variety.

Here are the results sheets for each section. 

 After a successful breeding season, we are in show season territory. When I returned to the exhibition side of the hobby in 2012, I used to exhibit at 10 shows per annum. With Brexit preventing UK fanciers from being able to exhibit in Europe, and closure of Clubs, I now exhibit at 4 shows. 

This past weekend was the UK National Exhibition at Stafford. The event is sponsored by the Parrot Society. Without that support, the event would not exist. Sadly it is getting to be a smaller event with fewer people selling birds though the interest in bird keeping still exists. 

I exhibited 5 Scots Fancies and 5 Bossu Belgian canaries. I won Best Champion Scots Fancy and Best Belgian. It was a lovely weekend away and a good start to the show season.