Somerset Aviaries SDG23

Somerset Aviaries SDG23 Specialising in the rare mutations, colour birds/miniatures, and also pets.

100 signatures already and weโ€™ve only just started!Thank you to everyone who has signed and shared the petition so far. ...
09/05/2026

100 signatures already and weโ€™ve only just started!

Thank you to everyone who has signed and shared the petition so far. It really means a lot seeing so many people support better welfare and protection for psittacine birds.

Every signature helps raise awareness and pushes us one step closer to being heard.
Letโ€™s see if we can hit 200 next. Have you signed yet?

If you haven't already, here is the link below ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://www.change.org/Ban_clipping_birds_wings

๐Ÿšจโš ๏ธ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—š๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐Ÿ“ข ๐Ÿ’œThis is something I feel incredibly passionate about and I finally decided to do something...
08/05/2026

๐Ÿšจโš ๏ธ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—š๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐Ÿ“ข ๐Ÿ’œ

This is something I feel incredibly passionate about and I finally decided to do something about it.

Today I have officially started a petition to push for better welfare protection for Psittacine birds in the UK regarding unnecessary wing clipping in domestic homes.

Psittacine birds include budgies, parrots, c**katiels, conures, macaws, ringnecks, lovebirds and many more.

Birds are born to fly. Flight is essential for their physical health, confidence, mental wellbeing and natural behaviour. Yet wing clipping is still commonly promoted as a taming method or done simply for convenience.

Sadly, clipped birds can suffer from:
โ€ข Crash injuries
โ€ข Stress and anxiety
โ€ข Loss of confidence
โ€ข Behavioural problems
โ€ข Muscle deterioration
โ€ข Broken blood feathers and bleeding

This petition is not about attacking owners. It is about raising awareness, improving education and encouraging better welfare standards for companion birds across the UK.

We need as many signatures as possible to help show that bird welfare matters and that these intelligent animals deserve a voice.

Please sign, share and help spread the word โค๏ธ
Together we may actually be able to make a difference.

Petition to Review and Restrict the Clipping of Psittacine Bird Wings in Domestic Housing

07/05/2026

๐—œ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝโ€ฆ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿค

She hadnโ€™t had the bird very long and was really nervous about trying to cut the claws herself.

Holding such a small bird while trying to keep the feet still can be quite daunting if youโ€™ve never done it before.

So today I went over to help.
Thankfully the little canary was really calm and well behaved, and the whole thing was done within a few minutes with no stress to the bird at all.

While I was there we also had a chat about general health and mite prevention that can be used to help keep birds healthy.

Sometimes people just need a bit of reassurance and someone to show them how itโ€™s done.

๐Ÿšจ ๐—œ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’œSome of my birds have officially been featured in the Budgerigar Society Colour S...
06/05/2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐—œ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’œ

Some of my birds have officially been featured in the Budgerigar Society Colour Standards Addendum for ๐—•๐—ข๐—ง๐—› the Blackface and Blackwing varietiesโ€ฆ and honestly I still canโ€™t believe it.

To have my own birds used in an official colour standards book is something I never imagined when I first started with budgies. Seeing them printed there properly hit me today.

So much hard work, frustration, learning and patience has gone into these lines over the years, especially working with varieties like Blackface and Blackwing. Moments like this make every setback feel worth it.

This is genuinely one of the biggest achievements Iโ€™ve had with Somerset Aviaries so far.

Now I need to knowโ€ฆ which variety would YOU choose if you could only keep one? ๐Ÿ‘€
Blackface or Blackwing? ๐Ÿ’œ

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Nevaeh Martinez, Nick Ince, Peter Farrell, July Ann Novel...
05/05/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Nevaeh Martinez, Nick Ince, Peter Farrell, July Ann Novelo Martinez, Scott Williams, Martin Degreef, Pat Dawe, Brendan Mcallister, Yฤฑlmaz ร‡รถle, Vittu Sai, Janet Freeman, Angela Adams, Derick Payne, Jeremy Park, Malcolm Mann, Peter O'Connor O'Conchobhair, Aqeel Gouri, Jamie Davies, George Hyslop, Anna Hearson, Asad Hussain, Lutcmi Sooknanan, Nicky Aquarist Lunn, Mohammed Manir, Stephen Mccann, John Mcclean

05/05/2026
๐™’๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™€๐™‘๐™€๐™ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™—๐™ž๐™ง๐™™โ€™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ขโ€ฆ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค ๐™›๐™–๐™งโ“ ๐Ÿค”Iโ€™m going to say something that might di...
04/05/2026

๐™’๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™€๐™‘๐™€๐™ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™—๐™ž๐™ง๐™™โ€™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ขโ€ฆ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค ๐™›๐™–๐™งโ“ ๐Ÿค”

Iโ€™m going to say something that might divide peopleโ€ฆ

Wing clipping should never be used as a shortcut to taming.

Birds are built to fly. Itโ€™s not just something they can doโ€ฆ itโ€™s something they need to do. Taking that away doesnโ€™t tame them, it just removes their choice. And when a bird loses choice, it can lead to stress, fear, and even long-term behavioural issues.

Iโ€™ve seen it first-handโ€ฆ
A bird that canโ€™t fly often becomes more anxious, not less. They rely completely on you instead of learning confidence naturally. Thatโ€™s not trustโ€ฆ thatโ€™s dependence.

Then thereโ€™s the risks ๐Ÿ‘‡
โ€ข Clip done wrong = ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€)
which can be serious.
โ€ข Birds still try to fly = ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€
โ€ข Broken bones, damaged keel, or worse
โ€ข Loss of balance and coordination
โ€ข Mental wellbeing, depression.

And the big one people donโ€™t talk about enoughโ€ฆ
A clipped bird can panic, try to fly, and hit the floor or a wall at full force because they think they can still fly properly.

Taming should be built on patience, trust, and timeโ€ฆ not by taking away what makes a bird a bird.

I get that some people say it helpsโ€ฆ but at what cost?

So letโ€™s have it out properly ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐˜ฟ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™š๐™™, ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™™โ“

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03/05/2026

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๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉโ€ฆ ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐Ÿ‘€Dominant pied blackface hagoromo c**k paired to a ...
02/05/2026

๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉโ€ฆ ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐Ÿ‘€

Dominant pied blackface hagoromo c**k paired to a blackface hagoromo henโ€ฆ

Iโ€™ll be honest, this one has got me properly excited ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Between the blackface and hagoromo feathering alone, this pairing has the potential to throw some seriously eye-catching chicks. And with that dominant pied c**k in the mixโ€ฆ we could see some really interesting outcomes.

This is one of those pairings where you sit there checking the nest box far more than you should ๐Ÿ˜‚

Now itโ€™s a waiting gameโ€ฆ and if you breed, youโ€™ll know exactly what I mean.

David Wilson

02/05/2026

Gooood Morning everyone!
What a fabulous start to the bank holiday weekend.

We have Rio out on the balcony enjoying his breakfast in the morning sun.
He is absolutely loving it!

๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐“๐Ž๐Ž๐Š ๐Œ๐„ ๐€๐ ๐‡๐Ž๐”๐‘โ€ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘€Just added fresh hawthorn into the avi...
01/05/2026

๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐“๐Ž๐Ž๐Š ๐Œ๐„ ๐€๐ ๐‡๐Ž๐”๐‘โ€ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘€

Just added fresh hawthorn into the aviaryโ€ฆ flowers and all,
And before anyone says itโ€ฆ yes, I sat there for a full hour cutting every single thorn off ๐Ÿ˜…
Worth it though.

The birds were straight on itโ€ฆ chewing, climbing, picking at the flowers like itโ€™s the best thing Iโ€™ve ever given them ๐Ÿ˜‚

I know hawthorn gets mixed opinions, but for me itโ€™s about giving them something natural, something differentโ€ฆ not just the same setup day in, day out.

Sometimes youโ€™ve just got to trust what works for your own birds.

Would you put hawthorn in your aviaryโ€ฆ or is it a no from you? ๐Ÿค”

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