early morning mist beginning to burn off, john reckons another hour ?hour and a half should see it gone next message 08.30.
birdage this week 1513 birds (up again on last year) plus 120 from our friends in the highlands
Basketing going ahead as normal,due to last week's excellent birdage figures and the addition of birds this week from highland fed and Moray firth flying club strictly 23 birds per crate,first message will be 07.30.
In last week's liberation video it was noted that John our driver had to pull the flap down on two separate crates,can members please ensure there is no debris blocking the flaps in club crates and a blast of wd40 may help
weather at lib site improved greatly,good visibility and mist burning off nicely, pretty much the same en route going to give it an hour more so john has been asked to have them ready for a 09.00 lib, next message 08.50
weather only slightly better at race point but worst its been here so birds are held until sunday, forecast is for lighter cloud and good visibility so first message will be 08.00
basketing going ahead as normal 23 birds per crate, forecast at present has a good chance of a morning lib, main concern being visibility due to coastal fog, first message will be 8am
weather at lib site is excellent, blue sky very light s/e wind, driver has everything ready and we are going for a 08.45 lib , over 1450 birds on lorry and next message will be 10 mins after lib
basketing going ahead as normal, due to the excellent birdage last week and the expectation of more this week STRICTLY 25 birds per crate, first message will be 08.30 with hoped for lib time of 09.00 , forecast has visibility clearing from then onwards.
atb to all competing
approx 1400 birds were libbed at 09.00 light n/w wind high cloud good visibility, driver said they all cleared the site well, ATB to all and good returns