South Hampshire Budgerigar Society What's On

Saturday, 18th July 2026
L&SCBS Area Specialist & Rares Show
Hosted by South Hampshire BS
Wellow Village Hall
Judges Vince & Dom Avo

Sunday, 9th August 2026
Championship Show
incorporating the
Southern Colour Budgerigar Show
Wellow Village Hall
Judges Dai Wall, Gary Warren, Dave Guppy & Ray Fern

Presenter of Shed Talk, the weekly magazine video series looking at the keeping, breeding and showing of cage birds with a special focus on the exhibition budgerigar.

I started keeping budgies about 10 years old and breeding them when I was 12. I had a small aviary in the garden and let them freely breed colony style. At sixteen I left home and joined the army so had to give up the birds but my father continued to keep them along with a few Cockatiels. On leaving the army 24 years later I took over the shed that had become a bit much for my dad. It was at this point I became interested in showing. My first real show birds were obtained from Rick Watts, who I returned to for outcross on a few occasions. I joined the BS in 2016 and Oxford 1910 CBS around the same time. I held a number of Officer Posts in 1910 including Secretary, Publicity, Chairman and Show Secretary, a position I still hold. I am also a member of Swindon BS. During the first Covid lockdown I started to produce Youtube videos as a way of keeping engaged with the hobby and my channel “Shed Talk” is now in its 6th Year with around 1650 subscribers.