COVER STORY: SOFTBILLS
THE Stafford Spring Bird Show came and went, and again not many foreign softbills were for sale. A sign of the times, by the sound of it. A recent organised trip to the EU tells a different story, though, with plenty of softbills for sale albeit on the expensive side. There were birds such as the helmeted bush-shrike (white-crested helmetshrike) () and woodland kingfisher (), to name a few.