jimmy white

GREAT GOING WILEY ALL GOOD INFO ,VERY INTERESTING INDEED, I THINK WE ALL SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THESE GALLANT BIRDS, AND NEVER FORGET THEM EITHER,

I HAVE NOW BECAME A MEMBER TOO, AND WOULD ADVISE MOST FANCIERS TO DO SO THRES A VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE ON IT BY,,",DAVE COTTRELL, A PIGEON FANCIER" THEY ARE VERY MUCH AGAINST THE RSPB AND MORE PREPARED TO TELL THE TRUTH, DEFINATELY A WORTHWHILE ORGANIZATION, "THE SONG BIRD SURVIVAL GROUP" THANKS AGAIN MORTON FOR YOUR INFO.

:) really looks in good nick now westy :)

yes fantastic performance indeed

you wont be able to do i without patience ;D ;D ;D you would have to spend a lot of time private training, setting them up in the right condition , and have the birds that are capable of doing the job, and having the feeding spot on etc etc ,

a wee bit hard on pecked hen joe, what happens if they dont have a shed?no i would say thats the best way, allready to dispatch in the box and easier to get ring no, than for a non fancier to catch it in a shed, im sure would cause more stress and a few less feathers :)

yes great going linda and steve :)

just found out the sale went very well indeed and the both jim c,s wish to thank pigeon basics for their help, and off course the fanciers which attended :)

anyone know how the sale went ,,heard nowt :)

im just sending some pics of the "songbirdless nature reserve" ,back in the post

a site worth knowing about kindly given by morton, " song bird survival" dawn-chorus@songbird-survival.org.uk

very very good site and giving us more "true" info than the rspb worth keeping in touch with, which i am doing,,,,thanks morton

sorry tony, couldnt see that never had my glasses on;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

sorry to hear that mark ,lets hope your on again soon

heard you the first time hooky

still rotten here but wind comming from east now and can see cloud moving now, so if anything very slightly better allthough still raining but looks to be changing slightly

hope yor sale goes well jim, as could be a few races today,,,,hopefully the weather will improve to what it is now, its good to know theres a wee donation going to pigeon basics, so you may get some members bidding by phone, anyway all the best,

in the lothians 7 am weather not looking good , visability bad no wind here loanhead hope things improve as forecast suggested

"TYKE" ,,ANOTHER DICKEN MEDAL WINNER, WAS REARED IN CAIRO,AND SERVED WITH THE MIDDLE EAST PIGEON SERVICE,,,,IN JUNE 1943, HE CARRIED A MESSAGE 100 MILES IN MIST AND FOG , AND VERY POOR VISABILITY,, AS A RESULT OF THIS MESSAGE ,THE WHOLE AIRCREW, WERE RESCUED, ANF OFF COURSE ALL THE CREW OWED THEIR LIFE TO THIS PIGEON,,,,THE DICKEN MEDAL REFERRED TO AS THE ANIMALS V, C.WAS AWARDED ON 53 OCCASIONS BETWEEN 1943 TO 1949, THE DICKEN MEDAL THAT "TYKE" WON, WAS PUT UNDER THE HAMMER FOR SALE AT SPINK IN LONDON, THE MEDAL FETCHED £4830 A THOUSAND POUND MORE THAN PREDICTED.

MY GOODNESS THATS QUITE UNBELEIVABLE THE FANCIERS MUST BE FUMING, IN FACT ITS REALLY HARD TO TAKE IN, IM TRYING TO THINK BACK , BUT CAN NEVER REMEMBER ONE WORSE THAN THAT, [AND CAN REMEMBER A FEW BAD ONES] , WHAT A BLINKEN SHAME FOR THOSE YBS, IT DOESNT BARE THINKING OF WHATLL HAPPEN TO A LOT OF THESE YBS, REALLY SORRY FOR THE FANCIERS CONCERNED.

;D ;D THINK IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO MAKE A SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT, FOR RACE DAY , BUT LOOK AT THE ROOM YOUVE ADDED TO YOUR LOFT, YBS WILL LAP IT UP SITTING IN THE SUN :) :)MIND YOU THATS IF WE GET ANY :) STILL SAY ITS A CRACKER :)

;D ;D ;D WHEN I WAS AT ALCUDIA [HAD GREAT TIME] BUT WENT IN TO THISPLACE WHERE THEY OFFERED ME SOUPORSEX,,, I JUST HAD THE SOUP ;D ;D ;D

HARD TO BELEIVE,, HOW MANY BIRDS AWAY GARETH AND WHAT DISTANCE ROUGHLY

PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT JOB IN PIGEONS, IS RACE COTROLLER AND CONVOYER, BUT THEIR ONLY HUMAN AND CAN MAKE MISTAKES AS WITH ALL OF US, THE OLD SAYING COMES TO MIND , YOU CAN PLEASE SOME OF THE PEOPLE, SOME OF THE TIME BUT NOT ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME,,, BUT GETTING ROUND A TABLE AND DISCUSSING THINGS IN AN OPEN,TRUTHFULL AND SENSIBLE FASHION , MIGHTJUST BE THE WAY FORWARD,

;D ;D HAVE A GREAT TIME ALF ;D ;D ;D MIND AND BEHAVE ;D ;D ;D ;D AND MIND THE PHOTOS WHEN YOU GET BACK ;D ;D