average speed of a pigeon 45 miles per hour gust of winds Saturaday 35 mph plus bit of a no brainer to me weather conditions of the sea even hit the national papers , this kind or racing does nothing for the sport as been said 414 miles no day birds nor did they have the chance been liberated at 8.00 1 bird in club , not heard of any others in fed , this is countamount to animal cruelty , the welfare of the birds must come first , its not soft paper bag racing its common sense the first bird was 10.25am the next day no other birds have made it through i wonder what returns the gya had as were liberated at same time , having 100's of birds stranded due to poor management of an organisation is shamefull to say the least those that held did the right thing , i thought the unc got it wrong with the conditions this morning however the wind dropped to half the speed of yesterday so in fairness day birds are possible and excatly what percentage of the birds made it home wouldn't be in a result under normal condiotions ????? very few indeed