Summarised Report of the Budgerigar Society General Council Meeting held on Thursday, 09 March 2023
March 20, 2023
Chairman’s Welcome – The Chairman began the meeting with a warm welcome and hoped everyone was having a good breeding season. He stated that there was an extensive agenda for the meeting and encour…
The following came to the BS via the NCA.
I wish to bring it to your attention that the Government are proposing to alter the current poultry registration regulations, reducing from 50 poultry to 1…
JUDGES TRAINING SCHEME
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Summarised report of the Budgerigar Society General Council Meeting held on Thursday, 12th January 2023 commencing at 7.15pm via Zoom.
January 26, 2023
The Budgerigar Society
Summarised report of the Budgerigar Society General Council Meeting held on Thursday, 12th January 2023 commencing at 7.15pm via Zoom. There were no absentees.
CHAIRMAN’S WEL…
The January 2023 issue of The Budgerigar will be sent to all paid up members of the Society. Anyone who wishes to renew their subscription can do so by 30th April 2023 without loss of continuity an…
Last Up-dated 20th March 2023
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Table 2023 Society
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Please note you have until 30th April to renew your Budgerigar Society Membership for 2023 and ensure continuity of membership. However, if you have not paid, your on-line log-in expired on the 31s…
Budgerigar Society AGM 2023 and Associated Events – On 23rd April 2023 at The Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln
RECOMMENDED HOTEL BOOKING – Premier Inn, Lincoln Road, Canwick Hill, Lincoln LN4 2RF – h…
With regards to any orders for rings or products in the lead up to Christmas, the CWU has formally notified Royal Mail they plan to call on their members who collect, sort and deliver parcels and l…
On page 17 of the November / December 2022 edition of The Budgerigar the wrong image was used for the Grey Any Age Best Of Colour and the Class number should have been 11-14. Sincere apologies to I…
Summarised Report of the Minutes of the Budgerigar Society General Council Meeting
November 9, 2022
Summarised Report of the Minutes of the Budgerigar Society General Council Meeting,
held on Thursday, 13th October 2022 commencing at 7.15pm via zoom.
Chairman’s Welcome – the Chairman welcomed a…
Show Date
24th / 25th September 2022 Show Name /Status
B S Club Show 2022 Birds Benched
893 Exhibitors
Champion
Intermediate
Novice
Junior
Total 53
16
24
6
99 Award
Cage No.
Code
Exhi…
The Budgerigar Society office will be closed on Monday, 19th September
September 15, 2022
The Budgerigar Society office will be closed on Monday, 19th September to give our colleagues the opportunity to pay their respects and watch the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We will …
The next edition of the BS magazine The Budgerigar is due to be posted on Friday, 16th September. As the following Monday is a Bank Holiday for the Queen’s Funeral, delivery is likely to be delayed.
2022 Budgerigar Society World Championship Show Programme
Friday 23rd September 2022
Booking In between 2.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m. Join Sue Smith and her team for a welcome cuppa.
Saturday 24th Septem…
It is with deep sadness and sorrow that the Budgerigar Society joins the country in mourning Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II following the announcement from Buckingham Palace on 8th September 2022.
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Budgerigar Society Club Show 2022 – Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) – Devon, Cornwall and parts of Somerset
September 8, 2022
Members may be aware of the Prevention Zone set up by DEFRA as a result of Bird Flu outbreaks in the west of England. In anticipation of this being lifted prior to the Club Show, members living wit…
Latest situation
Further update 31 August
Following a number of detections of avian influenza in poultry and wild and captive birds across the southwest of England a regional Avian Influenza Preven…
Club Show Sponsors
Adrian Terheege is donating his £50 General Council Honorarium to the Club Show Prize Money pot – £30 for most junior young birds benched and £20 for best junior young bird.
Summarised Report of the General Council meeting held on Thursday 04 August 2022 via Zoom.
August 16, 2022
Apologies Richard Miller (prior work commitment), Ronnie Simpson (Covid), and Adrian Terheege (holiday).
Chairman’s Welcome – The Chairman began by welcoming all and particularly new member Simon D…
Imported Show Cages
There is a suggestion that non-approved budgerigar show cages are being imported into the UK. Please note that approved show cages will have the Show Cage Manufacturer (SCM) reg…
Social Media Photographs of Budgerigars
The GC were advised that exhibitors were posting pictures of their birds on the run up to shows with such quotes as, “hope this one does OK at the weekend” e…
Bird Flu Latest – 30th July 2022 (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/avian-influenza-bird-flu)
July 30, 2022
Update 28 July
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed on 27 July in captive birds (non-poultry) at a premises near Sandy, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire. A 3km Captive Bird…
This is part one of the video taken at the Spring Event.
Advance orders for Part 2 are now available from Jason in the BS Office
https://youtu.be/yL8GLcgO9Jo
Australia have recently issued a set of stamps in celebration of pet budgerigars – see https://australiapostcollectables.com.au/stamp-issues/budgerigars
As the popularity of Colour Budgerigars gain momentum it may be useful to revisit the following.
The complete Colour Standards for this breed is the same as the mainstream birds and this can be fou…
Early orders for 2020 closed rings were satisfied with either metal or plastic rings. In February 2020, Roxan, the plastic rings manufacturers advised that it was no longer financially viable to su…
The Society is deeply saddened to advise that Anne Moore passed away on Friday, 1st July 2022. Anne from Selby, North Yorkshire was an integral part of the BS Club Show for many years. She worked t…
Budgerigar Society Club Show Dinner Dance – Free Coach
June 24, 2022
Budgerigar Society Club Show Dinner Dance – Saturday, 24th September 2022
Our coach company, L L Travel, will collect us from the Hilton Garden Inn, Racecourse, Doncaster, DN2 6BB and travel the 1….
The Club Show committee is looking for a member who is qualified with ACS SIA door qualifications to volunteer for the Club Show for the two days.
If this is you, please contact the Society adminis…
Summarised report of the General Council (GC) meeting held on Thursday, 9th June 2022 commencing at 7.15pm via Zoom.
June 21, 2022
There were three apologies for absence – Richard Miller had a previously work engagement, Adrian Terheege had a judging engagement and Mat Ackers had resigned from the GC that day.
Chairman’s Welco…
Eligibility For Winning Budgerigar Society Certificates
June 18, 2022
Exhibitors are reminded that only current BS Members exhibiting birds wearing an official ring purchased from the Budgerigar Society through the Society Administrator can be awarded Certificates of…
The Budgerigar Society 2022 Rule Change Ballot Results
June 13, 2022
The revision of Rules and Conditions were placed before the Membership in the March/April, 2022 issue of “The Budgerigar”. A total of 284 members cast their vote via a Postal Ballot. One photocopie…
The following successfully passed the Final Test of the Subsidiary Judges Training Scheme at the BS Spring Event in Doncaster on 21st May 2022 and have been added to the Main Judges Panel List and …
Budgerigar Society New President and Vice-president
June 1, 2022
At the recent BS AGM, Chris Snell was inaugurated as the new BS President with Geoff Bowley becoming Vice-president. Chris will hold the post for two years following the unexpected resignation of P…
We would like to thank everyone who donated prizes and bought tickets for this event, your support is very much appreciated. 1st Prize: Ackers & Bird Normal Grey – Winner Terry Tuxford. 2…
Grant Findlay (WBO Vice Chairman) presenting the Gould Award to Roy Aplin at the 2022 B.S. Spring Event with Ghalib Al-Nasser (WBO Secretary), Lucy Aplin, Chris Snell (B.S. President) & Mauric…
We are delighted to announce the launch of the Spring Event Raffle 2022 to be drawn during the presentation of the awards on Sunday 23rd May at the Dome Doncaster. We have 7 super prizes up for gr…
Joint BS and Area Society Membership
A scheme to make all new BS members joint members of their Area Society is still being considered. An important factor for success is that whatever is proposed …
World Budgerigar Organisation
The next WBO meeting is in Italy in September 2022 and the Society has one item of correspondence with the WBO on the Ideal and we await their response after the Septe…
Judges Handbook The final draft of the much anticipated Judges Handbook has been made available to the GC. This is a huge piece of work, and the plan is to have it as a loose-leaf format so that…
Members Engagement Survey
The results of the survey were printed in the March issue of “The Budgerigar”. More than 100 members took part we thank our main sponsor Countrywide Seed for sponsoring th…
Spring Event Update
The BS Club Show Committee are looking forward to our post Covid kick start event for the 2022 Show Season on 21st and 22nd May 2022 at the Dome, Doncaster. The Schedule has bee…
Ray Fox has generously donated a carved and painted judging stick and would like the GC to decide what to do with it. After discussion it was agreed that this would be a one-off award for the train…
At the 19th March 2022 GC meeting President Elect Chris Snell presented the new Vice Chairman Grant Findlay with his VC ribbon and the new Society Administrator Jason Julien…
Summarised Report of the Budgerigar Society General Council Meeting
April 2, 2022
Summarised Report of the Budgerigar Society General Council Meeting held on Saturday, 19th March 2022 commencing at 10.00 hrs at Bugbrooke Community Centre, Northampton.
There were two apologies fo…
Please note that birds will be accepted on Friday, 20th May 2022 between 3.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. and on Saturday, 21st May between 8.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. For schedule CLICK HERE
The Budgerigar Society is looking to expand its shop product lines and would be interested to hear from you about items which you would like it to stock. Please email budsoc@btconnect.com with your…
For paid up members of the BS living at the same address and who do not receive their own copy of The Budgerigar, voting forms for the proposed Rule Changes were posted to you on 16th March 2022.
Junior members of the Budgerigar Society are invited to take part in a one-off listening group to be held via Zoom. If you would like to take part please email the BS Office.
The Budgerigar Society Stand will be at the Stafford Show on 6th March 2022 and we welcome members to come and introduce themselves to us and to pay subs, order rings and purchase products.
Avian influenza H5N1 has been confirmed in captive birds, poultry and wild birds in England, Wales and Scotland. The following link is updated regularly with information on the latest cases,…
5 February 2022
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in captive birds (non-poultry) at a premises near Fakenham, North Norfolk, Norfolk on 5 February 2022. A 3km Captive Bird…
Spring Event 2022 – More Hotel Rooms Now Available
January 31, 2022
Budgerigar Society Spring Event Society members wanting to book the BS HQ Hotel Hilton Garden Inn. Rooms are selling fast but we have managed to get an additional 10 double rooms added for o…
Budgerigar Society Novice / Junior Incentive
The Novice / Junior Incentive was in operation during the 2019 show season (pre-Covid) with 22 fanciers qualifying for the award. The General Council ha…
Summarised Report of the General Council meeting held on Thursday, 13 January 2022
January 27, 2022
There was one apology for absence due to a work commitment.
Chairman’s Welcome – the Chairman, welcomed all to the first meeting of 2022. He thanked those GC members who had recently contributed to…
The Spring Event on 21st and 22nd May 2022 at The Dome, Doncaster. The organisers are pleased to announce that one of the world’s top breeders and exhibitors Daniel Lutolf from Switzerland has agre…
The AGM, which is open to all paid up members will be held in conjunction with the Spring Event on the Sunday, 22nd May 2022 at 11.00 a.m. at The Dome, Doncaster. Following the AGM an Open Meeting …
The BS Dinner Dance at the Spring Event will be held on Saturday 21st May 2022 Entertainment at the Dinner Dance will be provided by The Hudson Sisters, Jacki and Holly Hudson. Their show boasts…
Please note you have until 30th April to renew your Budgerigar Society Membership for 2022 and ensure continuity of membership. However, if you have not paid, your on-line website log-in expired on…