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That one's a solway bird from our area Brian will try and find last years card

Well done Martin ,any chance o some doos

DITTO

Also noticed the moon in the sky every day this week andy and have seen some funny returns when this happens,total blue sky here this morning with the sun just rising over the hills at present very cold outside with a ground frost,good luck to all today,SUMMERS JUST AROUND THE CORNER

Having only started on widowhood last year I have also got a lot to learn,we all make mistake's but as my late uncle stated if you make the same one twice your thick.Found i got some of my best results with altering things with the cocks regarding there boxes sometimes would allow them 3 boxes each,stick another cock in one half of the box,found that they performed best when kept to a very strict routine and also perfecting the feeding regarding the race and conditions play's a big factor,overfeeding will be most fanciers downfall whether natural or widowhood ,whatever best to do what suits yourself but always remember system system

Once encountered a problem with a stock bird showing the same symptoms with walking around in circles with a twisted neck ,I rang a very good friend and explained the facts stating they were never out of that section and had not mixed with others ,his reply was simple you have a mouse in the loft,I argued that there were no mice in this loft and was told by my friend to go and check which i did,he was 100% correct as i found a mouse in a storage area ,once the mouse had been disposed of and i had found where it had got in ,I then disposed of the pigeon and never encountered that again ,so be careful and don't always blame the obvious as mice are terrible carriers of disease as they urinate almost non stop and pigeons will readily pick at there droppings .

With the forcast of temp in single figures mine won't be going anywhere big losses in our fed last week and moffat is full of lost pigeons far far to cold,if people wish to race that is there choice they pay the bills but not for me thanks

Speedy recovery Frank ,HIP HIP HOORAY.

I have just emailed NEHU with details.

Think perhaps a stock bird a cracker of a blue cock and only a yearling not race marked NEHU 2011 SHOT 38

Been a crap day here with cold ne that we cant get rid of,heavy rain half an hour ago defo still winter do you think they mucked up when printing this years callenders

Whilst the wind is in the east and weekend temp will struggle at 8 degrees my birds wont be in any race basket if that means not racing so be it,strongly feel distance in good weather is no problem to a fit and healthy bird,find it astonishing that our organisations never put the pigeons welfare first if the temp stay like this we should try racing in november was f- warmer then,good friend of mine jumped a cock bird into first national as a training toss prior to the gold cup the pigeon left 5000 trailing and won the national he then won the gold cup 2 weeks later with another bird was that because they were spot on and not raced in duff weather i think so ,but everyone to there own

GARSTANG RESULT 8 MEMBERS SENT 173 BIRDS LIB 10-45 NE WIND 1ST DAVY ROBINSON 1097 2ND KENNY THOMSON 1089 3RD KENNY THOMSON 1037 4TH EWAN HIND & SON 1035 5TH KENNY THOMSON 1021 6TH GEORGE,A & L FIRTH 985 7TH EWAN HIND & SON 976 8TH DAVY ROBINSON 971 9TH EWAN HIND & SON 960 10TH GEORGE,A & L FIRTH 958

Was hoping the same Alan but xc weather giving east wind all week expletive remove.

Just picked an ayrshire north road bird up ,lady rang me it was sitting in her garden flown out,very strong north easterly down here today alan,will take a very game doo to face that.

Best tonic is do what i done and keep them at home,what chance has the Raptor Alliance got when 100's of birds are chucked away for the sake of someone getting back home Beggers Belief ,We are fortunate having an excellent race controller and convoyer for our own Federation.

Lovely blue sky's here at present sun shining,warm where sheltered but out in open cold fresh ne wind would take the face of.

Sent 0 and very pleased this morning with my decision ,had the yb 's out last night and i was standing with a wool jumper ,hat and coat on it was f- baltic at present even worse this morning strong ne wind ,best of luck to all that sent hope you put the anti freeze in them .

Must be a nightmare for birds working through the hills in these terrible freezing conditions lets hope things get warmer sooner than later,as i have sayed plenty about the town and any i get in will be tended to as if they were my own .

Your spot on with the colours Danny

Well said about the temperature,birds still about the rooftops in moffat and not even attempting the hills in this freezing ne wind ,got 3 in at present ,they will be liberated as near to larkhall as poss first chance of a lift.

Another stinker today from gretna ,Lib 2 groups a 7 and an 8 ,fifteen minutes between them,approx 30 miles ,first single bird arrived 1 1/2 hour later followed by singles at large intervals from 12-30 till 8pm still 3 fine doos down,speaking to a falcon man tonight and he said without even looking for new sites he no's of 9 breeding pair between Gretna and Moffat Thats a pair every 3 miles,no wonder they don't come intact.

Well Done Robert good start.

Well done Gareth on what was a very clear morning but still very cold at that time .

One of the local conservation men (now there's a laugh )told me he found a goshawk nest sight approx 4 mls to the south and it contained the remains of lapwing kestrel and owl Now they don't publish those details expletive remove they are really sad b-- they need to get a life .