But a living room sized space, plus an extra under cover place with more than enough perching space is quite a large space even for 90 birds - and there were areas with things to climb on, bells and rattles for their amusement - and for mine. I used to go and sit in there just to watch them. They would land on me and climb around - having seen me every day they were totally unafraid.

I had every colour but white.

green, dark green, grey green, grey, grey yellow, lutino, blue, cobalt, and with the markings black or brown.

They have been bred in captivity for many generations, about a hundred by now. They are bigger, with more feather, slower in flight, and need more food than a wild budgie. To release one would be cruel, and illegal too.

Over the time I had the aviary two lost budgies flew into the Human side of the shelter when I left the door open for them. They don't want to be out in the wild lost and forlorn.