if people can't afford to send for them or collect them then how do they afford to keep them?
I remember back in early 70's, a chap called Bill Love, at that time from Mitcheldean drove all the way to us at Oxford to collect a bird i'd picked up in the farm yard. The bird had broken its leg and fallen into an oil drum.
When he saw how well i'd helped the bird he wanted me to keep it, the bird went on to breed winners and the family were friends right up until Bill died a few years ago.
Many friendships and good birds have been exchanged through claiming and reporting strays.