Members' breeding returns (incorporates 2017 returns)

At the start of every calendar year, a breeding returns form is sent to each member. The returned forms indicate the number of birds the member has bred in the previous year for each species kept. The returns are then collated by our WFS breeding records officer, Neil Bickell, and made available for discussion/ wider understanding. The returns seek to provide a picture of a species popularity and its continued viability in UK aviculture and act as a focus on deciding which birds will be be set as the target species for members for the following year. All members are urged to return their forms - even if they haven't bred any waxbills that year.

Neil has collated the 2017 returns and these have now been incorporated into the chart below. This alphabetical view covers a 12-year period from 2006-2017 but the totals column sums the full WFS returns covering 1992-2017, which can be downloaded  in .xls format  or, if required,  in .pdf  to print. Please note a new development in this area. Both downloadable forms are now colour-coded as a heat map to present a visual representation of the risks for individual species associated with these annual returns.

The club is grateful for Neil for working with members in the return of their forms, which - for the second year running - reached 50% of the society's membership. A big thank you to all members who participated.

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