Well its been a long time waiting between shows, but we are finally off again tomorrow.  

Its the trip up to Stoke for the NBB&MC "All British" show.

Just finished getting the birds ready & raring to go  

Birds I Keep: British Softbills
Clubs Societies: BBC, NBB&MC, SBB&MC, EFBBF, Oxford 1910 CBS
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Had a great day out yesterday

Up before 5am, in Stoke by 7:30 - I like to get the birds in early & give them time to settle  

Was asked to help steward, so along with another chap spent the morning assisting the Softbill judge Chris Atkinson, which is always a pleasure & you learn a few things along the way  

I did not fare to bad, had best novice softbill & best adult softbill with the Redstart, best colour variant with a cinny songthrush, best CYB colour vaiant with another cinny song thrush & 2nd best CYB softbill with a normal song thrush  

There was certainly some excellent birds on show, Alan Lythe had some nice birds & his cages were superb as usual, Lammie had some very nice blackbirds on show, there were birds rangeing from coal tits right upto a magpie, all in 100 softbills  

Robb

Birds I Keep: British Softbills
Clubs Societies: BBC, NBB&MC, SBB&MC, EFBBF, Oxford 1910 CBS
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