john cumming

lads keep an eye out for the birds with ring prefix su 10 ne 4001 through to su 10 ne 4060, also su 10 ne 3973 all the birds have red rings with my house phone number 01542 834462 mob No 07788972157 had a disaster training yesterday from the inverurie area sent 28 only got 2 back, weather was fine in the morning when they went up & its the second time they have gone up from there and was the 6th training toss theyve had cheers

i was in the same boat as you till yesterday 5 tosses no losses 28 home every time, sent 28 yesterday morning for a 30 mile toss and i have only two back, something has gone drastically wrong, the weather was good even the wind was blowing them home or should have!! so as it is today i will not be racing young birds, times like this you feel like calling it a day with the birds, hope you have better luck than me m8

cheers pps, should have a birthday every day!!! get used tae all this pampering!!! haha not

i was missing 15 but they all eventually worked back over the next day, youll see them back yet

put them up at 10.45, the rest worked back in ones and twos got 27 / 28 the last one arriving at 9pm!! one of the birds has some feathers missing on its crop area & a couple of tail flights gone too!! tell tale signs, but panic over for now!!! saw plenty birds in batches flying over the house heading west

just sent 28 youngsters for their 1st toss just 6 miles 4 hours later missing 15?? not a good sign first 13 were home in good enough time not a feather since?? lovely day too, looking ominius??

aw the very best neebir to you both,

i can vouch for that, seems never ending & thats in a plane??

cheers bud

when is the final race lads??

pps im 130 miles off the coast of dundee and our weather at 09.20am bst is as follows wind direction 235 degrees south westerly wind speed 11 knots wind chill 16.8 degrees air temp 17.2 degrees air pressure 1017 with no signifiacnt change in the next 8 hours humidity 70% visibility 23.220 miles plus, clear as a bell no cloud cover at all no rain forecast in the next 12 hours and very low risk of lighting currently at 6% risk all the best folks

if this is of any good to you lads im on the shearwater platform just now 130 miles east of dundee and the weather at 07.42 is wind south easterly 166 degrees at 13 knots temperature 13* degrees & rising to a max of 20* visibility 23 miles + cloud cover 7 / 8 so very good cloud base at 10.400 feet also in the birds favour and sunshine humidity is down to 57% not to bad QNH air pressure is 1019 so high pressure not moving with any significance no rain forecast for this area and no lightning warnings either in the next 12 hours all the best folks n good luck

nice one stuart, well done

cracking doo john thatll take some beating well done

well im offshore at the moment 130 miles east of dundee south easterly wind at 09 knots(168*degrees)cloud cover 6/8 well broken which is excelent at 1000 feet visibility 15 miles+ temperature 13*degrees, no rain immenent in the next 6 hours, humidity 59 percent so its all good here

couldna get a better day for it, even like a mill pond out here 130 miles east oh dundee, 08 knot southerly wind & visibility 15 miles +

aye thats a crackin doo intae dundee nice one

likewise ive had a few in this year and have through pigeon basics & shu managed to have them reclaimed, but 2 were reported and still i have heard nothing both were highlands & islands birds, so i fed them up & made sure they were fit enough and travelled about 80 odd miles up the road & released them, its a sad state of affairs when fanciers dont reclaim them because of £20 £30 for a courier if they grudge that then maybe its time thay took up another past time/hobby/sport??

not a good sign,but, i once had a bird that showed that sort of symtoms and feared the worst even knowing they all had been vaccinated against " para " took it to the vet & after a check up it was discovered the bird had a wee splinter of wood at the top of its crop bottom of neck and that it was causing a lot of pain while bending neck to eat and drink and it was componsating by turning the head/neck to the side?? after the offending splinter was remove she was back to her old self within a few days, shes now 13 and still producing not all so doom & gloom as it first looks

its defo up there bud just come off it??

congratulations to Andy Wilson from macduff on being 8th snfc eastbourne flying 492 miles, thats put a smile back on your face bud, nice one

they are looking well for all that, yes they have a lot to contend with before they even see a race?? good luck

north of scotland fed are at consett not sure of lib times though?? but looking at the forecast in my opinion think it will be early,??

SU 09 HI 422 WHITE COCK, NO CONTACT FROM OWNER?? SU 09 HI 661 DARK PIED HEN, OWNER HAS CONTACTED ME BIRDS WERE FED AND WATERED THESE TWO BIRDS WERE LIBERATED IN DINGWALL ON MONDAY 21-06-10 AT 4.30 PM

i usually leave them together until young bird season is over before spliting them up, i sometimes allow the odd youngster to be reared depending on how losses are with the old birds more of a backup & usually race any latebred birds up to 200 miles the following season