Past Show Reports

Grand National Bird Show 2022

hosted by the Christchurch Bird Club ( To be written )

Dunedin Bird Show 2022

Dunedin Bird Clubs 140th Show

Our second show at the Wingatui Hall was a huge success with a big show, heaps of prizes and was well attended by the public... It was great to see such large numbers through the front doors and lots of sale bird sold. To all the committee and club members that all pitched in, a big thank you from the Dunedin Bird Club! Of course this club isn't just about showing and we encorgae members who have never tried showing before that they sould!

Another large show with around 750 birds on display! We were also very lcuky to host the 2022 New Zealand budgerigar society patronage show, were we saw close to 300 budgerigar from all over New Zealand attend the show !

Dunedin Bird Show 2021

Dunedin Bird Clubs 139th Show

Our recent show at the Wingatui Hall was a huge success with great numbers, prizes and was well attended by the public... it was great to see such large numbers through the front doors and lots of sale bird sold. To all the committee and club members that all pitched in, a big thank you from the Dunedin Bird Club! Of course this club isn’t just about showing and we encorgae members who have never tried showing before that they sould!

This was a great event for the club and we saw one of the largest turn out of birds for about 10years, so meaning birds and showing is still strong in the south!

Grand National Bird Show 2014

hosted by the Southland Bird Club

August 1st - 3rd this year saw the running of the 2014 Grand National Bird Show, which switches between the North and South Island on altenating years. The Grand National is the major show of the yea, and always has the largest turnout of breeders, as well as the biggest pool of prize money. Birds that have done well will usually do well at the Grand National (as one would expect), but not always, as all judges are different and have their own take on the given standards for the category that they are evaluating. The show was a big success and well run, and well worth the visit. For our August meeting (13th), we gave a run down on the show, with a selection of photos and videos presented on the show. Around 1200 birds were on display at the Gore Town & Country Hall, with accompanying booths from Topflite and East Road Pets. The Grand National also hosts the AGM for the NZ Federation of Bird Clubs, the parent body for most of the bird clubs in NZ. If you were unable to attend the show, it would be well worth visiting one in future years when it is in your area.

Below you will find a selection of images from the show. There were numerous awards in each category, and this case I have chosen to provide an overall selection of photos rather than just focusing just on the winners. Hopefully they will provide something of a feel of the show itself. As always click on the image to bring up a larger version. If you are after better quality versions of the photos, or of other photos from the show feel free to contact the webmaster.

Dunedin 133rd Annual Bird Show 2014

Over Queens Birthday Weekend, 2014, the Dunedin Bird Club held its 133rd Annual Bird Show. Setup took place over Thursday and Friday morning, and went smoothly due to ample help. Benching took place on Friday afternoon evening, and again it all went smoothly thanks to ample help. As the saying goes, many hands make work light ^^. Saturday morning begat the time of Judging, with the 500 benched birds being compared and rated by the judges and their stewards. The Show opened up at 1pm to the public, with almost all the judging complete, and in the first two hours the public surged through, snapping up half of the sale birds in that short time frame, and perusing the birds on show, It quietened down after that and over Sunday, but the public turnout was good, and it was nice to see both new and familiar faces. Debenching started at midday Sunday, followed by the dismantling of the show stands. Sunday wrapped up fairly quickly with all the help provided, and all in all it was quite a successful show. Everyone involved appeared to enjoy themselves, and we would like to thank all those that helped out and made the show successful and run smoothly.

A note on the number of benched birds - the number of birds that we had was less than last year, but that is due in part to having the budgie patronage show as part of the dunedin show last year, which brought in a considerable number of extra budgies. The number was about on par with the Timaru show, held two weeks earlier.

Below you will find a selection of images from the show. Unfortunately due to technical issues, we do not have photos of all the category winners. Click on the larger for a larger version.

Zebra Finch stand, including
best zebra finch.
Best Bengalese Best non-colour fed canary. Non-colour fed canary stand.
Best Colour Fed Canary Norwich Canary Stand, including
best Norwich.
Best Roller Canary Best Gloster Canary
Best Open Hen Budgie Best Budgie Best Champion Budge Budgie Judging Stand
Best Lovebird Best Foreign other than
hookbeak
Best Hookbeak

Young Bird Show 2014

On the Sunday 6th April 2014 the Dunedin Bird Club held its annual Young Bird Show at the Green Island Primary School Hall. Although it was earlier in the season than it has been in previous years (resulting in some of sme breeders birds still being in molt) we still had a number of members attend and show some quality birds. It was good to see some new faces, both in club members and the visiting public, and the show ran smoothly and was enjoyed by all who attended. We would like to thank the Green Island Primary School for the use of their hall for this event, as well as all members who held run this event and who attended. We look forward to much success for all in the showing season ahead.

Following is a selection of photos taken from the show, including all the winners in each category. Clicking on the image will bring up a larger version.

Best Bengalese Finch Best Budgie Second best Budgie Third Best Budgie
Section of Budgie Stand Best Border Canary Best Gloster Canary Best Lizard Canary
Best New Colour Canary Best Norwich Canary Best Zebra Finch Satinette Canary looking cute ^^
White Gloster Canary

Dunedin Bird Show 2013

On the 18-19th May 2013 Dunedin Bird Club held its 132nd annual bird show in 'the dungeon bar' at Forbury Park Raceway. The show included the NZ Budgerigar Society Patronage Show, resulting in a high number of budgie entries, as well as really good prizes, a walkthrough with the budgies judges, who came from all over New Zealand, as to why the selected birds won their awards, and an auction being held on the saturday afternoon for quality budgies. Plenty of birds of many varieties were available for sale (and sold), and given the weather over the weekend the public turnout was good. The show was enjoyed by all and went smoothly, from setup and benching to the final debenching and tidy up. Some fresh faces were able to have the chance to steward, and hence improve their knowledge of the hobby, and it was good to see some new novice exhibitors as well as a number of junior exhibitors. The Gloster Society members present commented that the quality of glosters at the show this year was really high, which is a positive reflection on the breeders of that variety of canary, and we hope to continue seeing such standards in the years to come, not just in glosters but in all breeds of cage and aviary birds. Some new members were signed up at the show (new members is always a good thing), and the show received good local PR, with it featuring on the local channel (channel 39, direct link), and with photos in the ODT over a couple of days.

Of the 766 birds registered for the show 685 were benched. The break down of the 26 categories is as follows:

  • 17 Yorkshire Canaries (16 Champion & 1 Novice)
  • 35 Norwich Canaries (21 Champion & 14 Novice)
  • 44 Border Canaries (37 Champion & 7 Novice)
  • 27 Color Fed Canaries (25 Champion & 2 Novice)
  • 64 Non-Colour Fed Canaries (57 Champion & 7 Novice)
  • 70 Gloster Canaries (52 Champion & 18 Novice)
  • 28 Roller Canaries (20 Champion & 8 Novice)
  • 31 Lizard Canaries
  • 198 Champion Budgies (123 Any Age & 75 CYCR-BBE)
  • 53 Novice Budgies (37 Any Age & 16 CYCR-BBE)
  • 19 British Birds
  • 12 Mules & Hybrids
  • 42 Zebra Finches
  • 26 Bengalese Finches
  • 5 Foreign (other than hookbeak)
  • 8 Foreign Hookbeak
  • 7 Lovebirds

The Dunedin bird club wishes to thank all involved, and look forward to a successful show next year.

Following is a selection of photos taken at the show, including all the ribbon winners (best in category), and most of the novice winners. Clicking on an image will bring up a larger version.

Canaries

Best Yorkshire Best Novice Yorkshire Best Norwich Best Border
Best Colour Fed Best Novice Colour Fed Best Junior Non Colour Fed Best Non Colour Fed
Best Agate (Non Colour Fed variety) Best Novice Non Colour Fed Canary Best White-Based Gloster Best Novice Gloster
Best Gloster Best Roller Best Lizard

Budgies

Best Champion Junior Best Champion CYCR-BBE Best Champion Best Novice
2nd Best Novice

Other

Best British CYCR-BBE Hardbill Best British CYCR-BBE Best British Best Mule or Hybrid
Best Zebra Finch 2nd Best Zebra Finch Best Bengalese Best CYCR Bengalese
Best Dilute, Self, White, AOC Bengalese Best Foreign (Other than Hookbeak) Best Foreign Hookbeak Best CYCR Lovebird
Best Lovebird

Miscellaneous

section of the budgie stands section of the exhibition area light green novice budgies new colour judging stand

Timaru Bird Show 2013

On the 4th - 5th May Timaru Bird Club held its 70th annual bird show, at the Waimataitai School hall, the second year that they have held their show there. The hall made for a good venue, being in a adequate location, with good lighting and plenty of room. The show had a total of 588 birds entered over 22 categories, and those from the Dunedin Club exhibiting at the show had decent success. It was also the first annual show for this year.

For the 588 birds registered to be shown (the number will be less once the not benched birds are taken off the totals) they can be broken down into the following categories:

  • 20 Yorkshire Canaries (20 Champion)
  • 44 Norwich Canaries (40 Champion & 4 Novice)
  • 40 Border Canaries (33 Champion & 7 Novice)
  • 29 Color-Fed Canaries (24 Champion & 5 Novice)
  • 85 Non Colour Fed Canaries (76 Champion & 9 Novice)
  • 58 Gloster Canaries (50 Champion & 8 Novice)
  • 35 Roller Canaries (26 Champion & 9 Novice)
  • 34 Lizard Canaries
  • 70 Budgies (58 Champion & 12 Novice)
  • 48 British/Mule & Hybrid
  • 33 Zebra Finches
  • 39 Bengalese Finches
  • 41 Foreign Birds
  • 12 Lovebirds

Following is a selection of photos taken at the show, including all (assuming that I didn't miss any) of the ribbon winners, broken up into categories. Clicking on an image will bring up a larger version. Some birds got multiple ribbons - only the title of one will be listed, with the total number of ribbons listed in ()'s beside that title.

Canaries

Best Non-Colour Fed (3) Best Colour Fed (3) Best Champion CYCR Gloster Best Gloster
Best Junior Non-Colour Fed Best Lizard Best Novice CYCR Border Best Border
Best Norwich (2) Best Champion CYCR Yorkshire Best Yorkshire Best Champion CYCR Roller
Best Junior Roller Best Roller

Budgies

Best Novice Best Junior Best CYCR Novice Budgie Best Open Hen in Show
Best Budgie Best CYCR Budgie

Others

Best CYCR Mule/Hybrid Best Mule/Hybrid Best British (2) Best Zebra Finch (2)
Best Bengalese Finch (2) Best Foreign other than Hook Beak Best Lovebird Best CYCR Lovebird
Best Junior Hook Beak Best Hook Beak

Miscellaneous

Border Canary stand Budgie Stand Non-Colour Fed Canary Stand Red-Factor Stand
One end of a set of stands Over-looking all the stands The show is open

Young Bird Show 2013

The Young bird show was held on April 14th, at the Green Island School Hall. A friendly affair, it was a chance for members of the bird club to bring along their young birds to be shown against others from the club and get exposure to being in a show before the annual show in May. Turnout was good, with 137 birds being shown, filling up all the show benches that were setup and requiring the use of additional tables. All things considered the show was a success, and we would like to thank all those who were involved and participated.

For the 137 birds shown they can be broken down into the following categories:

  • 36 Budgies
  • 21 New Colour Canaries
  • 6 Roller Canaries
  • 5 Lizard Canaries
  • 4 Norwich Plainhead Canaries
  • 7 Border Canaries
  • 18 Gloster Canaries
  • 1 Bourke
  • 27 Zebra Finches
  • 12 Bengalese Finches

Unfortunately there were no participants in the Red Factor, British or Yorkshire categories although there were some reds for sale.

Following is a selection of photos taken from the show, including all the winners in each category. Clicking on the image will bring up a larger version.

The show is open Left bank of the show stands Right bank of the show stand Sale table
Budgie section New Colour section Best Budgie Best (only) Borke
Best Border Canary Best Lizard Canary Best Gloster Canary Best New Colour Canary
Best Norwich Canary Best Roller Canary Best Zebra Finch Best Bengalese Finch