Just like that, six weeks of the 2025 show season ended on 16 November, 2025 with the annual Scots Fancy Specialist Club Club Show with Old & Rare Variety classes. 

Although a smaller event than in the past, five champion exhibitors entered 35 Scots Fancy canaries and three champion exhibitors entered 11 Old & Rare Variety canaries being North Dutch Frills, Belgians and Fiorinos.

Since I started with Scots Fancies, the standard has improved beyond recognition. This year's birds were no exception with lively competition between the exhibitors. 

I was fortunate to win Best and 2nd Best Scots Fancy in show with a flighted clear, buff cock and an unflighted blue and white cock bird. My cinnamon piebald hen and clear yellow cock took the awards for best current year bred cinnamon and yellow respectively while the blue and white cock took that for current year bred white. 

Sandy Innes, our Club President, took the award for 3rd Best in Show with a flighted piebald. 

In the Old & Rare classes, I won Best Belgian against competition. I forgot to photograph the winning Belgian. 

It's good to have a stock of birds which can win across the classification. 

The Results sheets are below.

I enjoy the show season but it is a lot of work in the lead up to each event and in making the choice of which birds to enter for each show. These days, I am also running a section or the entire show so it can be a great deal of work but very rewarding. 

That said, the show cages are now washed and boxed away until October 2026. Winter is here and a rest period for the birds and me. In January 2026, the World Show takes place in Belgium which will be interesting.