Romain joins me in wishing you and your loved ones a very happy New Year for 2023!

Our website has been running since 1998, and thanks to you – our followers and supporters – we have now surpassed one million visitors! One million visitors is an exceptional achievement for a highly ...

Editorial, published in the ICC France journal in tribute to Jacques FAIVRE
This editorial is undoubtedly the saddest and most painful I have ever had the opportunity to write since I became involved ...

 
Dear visitors,
Romain joins me in wishing you all a very happy New Year for 2019, and to you and your loved ones, good health and success in all your endeavours…and a superb breeding season.
“ele...

Good evening,
Many of you have reported issues with our website’s performance over the past few weeks. Indeed, a software update issue – beyond our control, but now resolved – was preventing the vast ...

The years go by, one after the other, and seem much the same, as more and more of you visit our website.
On this Christmas Eve, we have recorded 354,790 visits since November 1998, when our website de...

Marcel Ruelle’s collection of monographs, available to download exclusively on our website, continues to grow!
From now on, you can download his beautiful and comprehensive monograph on the Cini Canar...

It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of André LERENARD.
Mr LERENARD, a passionate breeder, having bred posture canaries for many years, had specialised in breeding exotic siskins ...

Marcel Ruelle’s collection of monographs – available to download exclusively from our website – continues to grow!
From now on, you can download his superb and comprehensive monograph on siskins (spec...

We wish you and your loved ones a very happy 2015, good health, and every success in all your personal and professional endeavours.
More and more of you are visiting our website, which, over time and ...

“No doubt many of you are eagerly awaiting the publication of our friend Marcel RUELLE’s monograph on the Goldfinch.
His monograph is THE definitive work on the
Goldfinch.
Having been out of print for...

The festive season is approaching, and it’s customary to give each other presents, which we place under the Christmas tree or by the fireplace.
I’ve chosen this moment to thank you for your support an...

I have just learnt of the death of Laurent Poullard, also known as chatavelibosi. I am deeply saddened by this terrible news and my thoughts are with his wife and children at this painful time.
Lauren...

Hello
Sorry for the inconvenience, but our previous web host had become too slow and too expensive...
So we’ve decided to switch hosting providers, in the hope that this one will be better than the la...

To mark the New Year, we would like to wish you all the very best for good health, happiness and success in your personal and professional lives.
Together with Romain, to mark the start of 2013, we’ve...

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
During the night of Saturday 17 September 2011, 170 goldfinches and a few Mexican tanagers were stolen from Mr Marc VANHOVE of Belgium.
His stock number is: AOB TZ 330
If, during a t...

We wish you a very happy New Year for 2011!
May this new year bring you and your loved ones good health, much joy and happiness, and success in all your personal and professional endeavours.
And if, l...

An event not to be missed. The World Championship is taking place in Tours, France, in January 2011!
Organiser: Union Ornithologique de France
(World Ornithological Confederation for France)
MONDIAL C...

It’s not too late to wish you and your loved ones a very happy New Year for 2009. We hope all your personal and professional projects are a success. We also wish you good health, the foundation of all...

Carduelines Breeder Gets a Makeover!!!
But that’s not all...
We’ve moved away from Techno Asp in favour of PHP due to a change of web host.
This hosting service is much faster! And we can do whatever ...

Sparrows aren’t Fringillidae, I can confirm that! But I couldn’t resist sharing my experience of breeding this magnificent sparrow with you.
This website is evolving and will now feature articles, rep...

The Mondial C.O.M is the event for all bird enthusiasts, hobbyists and the world’s top competitors. Bird-keeping professionals also have a vast area in which to showcase their products, which become i...

Although it’s a little late, I’d like to invite you to discover or revisit the 2007 Reggio Emilia International Exhibition in Italy through a series of photo reports.
This brief photographic journey m...

As the festive season approaches, we would like to extend our very best wishes to you for the New Year.
A year ago, we decided to launch a revamped version of the ‘Carduelan’s breeder’ website ’ (Card...

For those who aren’t familiar with this major Italian exhibition, or those who’d like to revisit REGGIO EMILIA, come and discover the two new features that have been published.

After exactly one month, our website has recorded over 4,227 visits. We would like to thank you for your many messages of support, both in the guestbook and via our respective email accounts.
As you h...

Hello everyone!
The new Carduelines breeder’s website is finally open!
Not all the profiles have been added or updated yet...
They will be added as and when...
Our aim remains the same: to share our k...