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BELOW ARE SOME PHOTOS TAKEN JUST BEFORE AND DURING THE LIBERATION OF THE GLASGOW FEDERATION BIRDS ON SAT LAST. HOPE THE PICTURES HELP THE ALEXANDRIA FANCIER WHO IS CONVINCED THERE WAS RAIN AT THE LIB POINT ALL DAY. HOPEFULLY THIS FANCIER WILL STAND AT THE AGM FOR THE POSITION OF CONVOYER.

looks perfect to me  

hope its like that this saturday but i don't think so
maybe sunday will be better
in this day and age with a mobile phone  the liberation could be on the web within minutes of liberation stops all the crap

great picture the first one by clicking on it you can see the birds quite clearly

the way i see it Saturday ain't that good but better than Sunday as its more prolonged rain  ; into the central belt lanarkshire and strathclyde

i know the weather can change but the met office and bbc say saturday heavy band of rain moving from the west coast and sunday to be clear
what weather forecast have you seen bigda?

sorry bigda
checked the met office site now the weather warning has been lifted for saturday just need to keep checking

BELOW ARE SOME PHOTOS TAKEN JUST BEFORE AND DURING THE LIBERATION OF THE GLASGOW FEDERATION BIRDS ON SAT LAST. HOPE THE PICTURES HELP THE ALEXANDRIA FANCIER WHO IS CONVINCED THERE WAS RAIN AT THE LIB POINT ALL DAY. HOPEFULLY THIS FANCIER WILL STAND AT THE AGM FOR THE POSITION OF CONVOYER.


No chance he will still see the rain cloud ?????

Great photo,s of The otterburn liberation site showing ideal conditions for liberating the bird, once again well done to the convoyer for delaying the liberation until he was happy with the weather.

Whilst waiting for the birds on Sat. from Otterburn one half of the Alexandria area had a sky that was black the other half had torrential rain (some 3 miles apart) Live At Loch Lomond can confiorm that, the forecast I saw for Otterburn was cloudy . I saw the Lanarkshire lads had regular updates on the site well done to their controller and convoyer and whoever relayed the information the Glasgow fed members just sat in the "Dark" waiting.

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Whilst waiting for the birds on Sat. from Otterburn one half of the Alexandria area had a sky that was black the other half had torrential rain (some 3 miles apart) Live At Loch Lomond can confiorm that, the forecast I saw for Otterburn was cloudy . I saw the Lanarkshire lads had regular updates on the site well done to their controller and convoyer and whoever relayed the information the Glasgow fed members just sat in the "Dark" waiting.

your forecast for otterburn was spot on then check the photos above or were you wanting your birds liberated into clear blue skies and bright sunshine........?????  like i said look forward to your application for the convoyer`s position and if you are struggling for a seconder just let me know.

Quite a bit of drooling have been shown the red meat again I wasn't even racing

Bart is dead right a quick call on the mobile and there should be no problems, to Greengrass Your pictures just confirms the forecast on Yahoo weather no probs with that. Jumping the gun gets you shot.

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sorry bigda
checked the met office site now the weather warning has been lifted for saturday just need to keep checking

Doesn't look too promising for this weekend: rain, rain and more rain.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_weather.html

What was the problem, was it a  bad race,appears to be excellent conditon at race point.

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Whilst waiting for the birds on Sat. from Otterburn one half of the Alexandria area had a sky that was black the other half had torrential rain (some 3 miles apart) Live At Loch Lomond can confiorm that, the forecast I saw for Otterburn was cloudy . I saw the Lanarkshire lads had regular updates on the site well done to their controller and convoyer and whoever relayed the information the Glasgow fed members just sat in the "Dark" waiting.

what would be your suggestion then, all fanciers to call the convoyer to say dont put them up yet its dark  clouds overhead here. all these weather experts available after the races, then they announce they never had any doos away...................now you know why the game is in such a bad way up here.

i doubt this person will stand for any positions because to do that you need a backbone and the above post is that of a spineless troublemaker unfortunately all feds have them and they are why the better officals ask themselves "why do i bother" and eventually say enough is enough.

could you possibly give the fanciers the benefit of your immense knowledge and weather forecasting abilities on the morning of the next race and not days later i am sure it would be most appreciated.

how did the race go? what were the leading velocities and final returns?

we are there this saturday and our biggest fear is the peregrines!... well plus the weather at the moment.

did the glasgow fed witness any strikes by peregrines or hawks?

think greengrass called it slaughterburn not otterburn
sure dundee fed will go before lanarkshire  we will get a clear run home  

anyone who takes the time to look at the photographs will realise that the lib site is well elevated. it has no advantage to a peregrine to strike. i have personally liberated pigeons at this site on three occassions this year and have never seen a perigrine. i see peregrines everyday at the loft. there may well be other raprors around possibly marsh harriers huntng the moors that surround the liberation site. please also consider i am only talking about the area around the liberation site not the whole of northumberland.  

returns were mixed. most of chryston club had above average returns. i hear this was not the case in other clubs. reasons for this are anyones guess. clearly not the result of anything happening at the liberation or the race controlling. four seasons one day typical weather for our area. seems to be a shortage of mirrors.