tyson

bruno midlothian birds were liberated at 7.20 and as you know n/west did not liberate till 10.00am from coldsream so that even east of the cheviot was not good the first birds from kelso lib at 8.45 lanarkshire 9.30 because of poor vis at race point

not saying it was,nt good at race point but the border hills were shut out pentland fife fed were sitting at otterburn and did not lib until 12.50 /13.15 because of terrible weather across the cheviot hills with torrential rain and zero vis

some members have lost more than half there teams I think its about time midlothian members had a damn good think to themselfs as when these birds were liberated the border hills were shut out

poor returns in midlothian one member i know 3 / 20 thats after 8 hrs others only half home ridiculas

weather forcast for saterday central scotland not looking to good as there will be a weather front sitting across the cenral belt >

arniston is in midlothian

no interested party from midlothian

does anyone know what the young bird programe is for the pentland fed

why not use floor grids

could be either canker or cocci best to treat for both

next 48hrs looks okay regarding sun index weather in places could be a bit iffy

Hi bart nice to see someone else is studying this I myself have been studying this for the last 3yrs and it does affect pigeons navigation more so young pigeons as when we have had a poor race with erratic returns I have checked the sun index chart and if it showing above 5kp this is usually when you will get erratic retuns not just when racing but olso when training but when I speak to other fanciers all I get told is your blethering a lode of p!!ss but I believe that it does have an effect on there ability to home especially if the earth is being hit by a geomagnetic storm

thanks lads for the advice I am in that opinion myself the birds last race was newbury nat and done well from that race so I think I will just leave them till next year thanks again

thanks jimmy I normally like them to be no more than 2/3rd flight but paired up in jan so the birds have moulted a bit quicker do you think once they are sitting it might slow it down a bit

Hi everyone I am looking for a bit of advice as was thinking of sending to snfc falaise but on checking wings found most of them are on their fourth flight I think that they may be past there best what do you all think ???

barney kenny

cheers mate

any idea of times

any word of birds being timed in

I believe all the scottish feds should be racing down the west route as this would avoid a lot of the clashing that we get down the east

thanks roland

Hi I was trying last night to find out what the conditions were like from leicester up to newcastle on saterday morning between 7.00am and 10.00am

there was a good possibility that most of the snrpc birds came up the west side of the country resulting in good returns

midlothian birds were lib at 7.05

Thanks cricketer you have hit the nail on the head could,nt agree more