The choice of the traditionally designed aviary, using wooden frames and mesh wire, as compared to galvanised steel type is worth considering.

These pictures show three types of flight which could be considered when setting up a garden aviary for the first time.

Using a garden shed shows a single in-shed flight for a pair of breeding birds. The base of the shed, within the flight, was covered with a plastic membrane with newspaper over the top to prevent the wood from damage. When the double doors of the shed were fully open, they were replaced with a wooden frame, two thirds mesh at the top and one third boarded at the bottom, to keep any stray cats out!

Traditional Wood and Mesh Aviary shows a four-flight, traditionally built garden aviary. It has a floor created with paving slabs; a partly covered roof; a centrally designed area for fixing nest boxes internally and where there is also room for storage of seed and other bird related paraphernalia. Each flight had a full-sized entrance door. Access to the rear flight, on each side of the central storage area, is gained via the flight at the front of it. There is a large safety porch enclosing the front, flight entrances. The rear of the building was fully boarded.

THE ALL STEEL AVIARY. shows a four-flight, steel-panelled aviary in a setting that affords shade over the roof from large Hawthorns running behind the aviary and a hedge down the side. The front is open to the south-westerly winds. A side entrance and walkway gives additional room and safety for movement with individual access to the flights. In Winter, Perspex frames can be fastened in front of the mesh to protect the birds from severe winds.