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SU18A2131 IN GOOD CONDITION.

Do you mean it is only birds from Broughty Ferry, which is East of Dundee, on the Fife transporter and none from Dundee George.

Are you saying that there were no DUNDEE birds on the Fife transporter?

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The latest count of pink-footed geese in Loch Leven was just over 13,000. They are often seen departing in the early morning and return in the evening, The beat of their wings and the enormous clatter and clamour as they drop to the water and the safety of a night-time roost at Loch Leven is worth the visit only a short drive for us Stuart. A few always venture on their own of course

Don't have the result just the memory of timing in four on the night from Liege 526 miles St Finnan Pride 21st Open and first yearling SNFC Kardale Trophy. St Finnan Lad 22nd Open, St Finnan Lass yearling 48th Open. St Finnan Lady 61st Open all on the day. St Finnan Lass was 10 months old however this did not stop her being 7th Open Gold Cup Reims the next year I bred Dale Newcombes Mullen Cock from this line a prolific breeder.

By Robin Page11:35AM BST 16 Jun 2011 What does a buzzard have for breakfast? I ask because, if put to a member of the Conservation Trust , the answer would be “worms and carrionâ€. There are only two things wrong with this answer. During the almost rainless past three months, worms have been nowhere near the surface of the soil – consequently they are off the diet sheet. And what about carrion? Well, thanks to idiotic EU regulations, no dead animals are allowed on farms. They have to be collected up and incinerated as soon as they have breathed their last. So what do buzzards really eat for breakfast? There is certainly very little carrion. Incidentally, and amazingly, nearly all Scotland’s “fallen stockâ€(animals that die on farms) are transported down to an incinerator near Halifax to be burned. How “green†is that? And what a weird and deathly carbon footprint. The same question could also be asked of the red kite and, of course, buzzard; and red kite populations are booming. So, if worms and carrion are not on the menu, what are they eating? During the RSPB’s attempt to introduce sea eagles to Suffolk, the same “worms and carrion†response would have been given as the eagle’s expected East Anglian diet. When I asked an RSPB warden what carrion would be eaten, as farms have to be corpse-free these days, he said: “Roadkill.†Related Articles 'Double standards' over wildlife crime, say gamekeepers ADVERTISING 19 Sep 2012 Public urged to help preserve hen harriers 22 Apr 2013 Country Diary: In memory of Uncle Jack 03 May 2011 Country diary: When will the drought end? 27 May 2011 Country diary: Another fine mess I’ve got myself into 20 May 2011 Country diary: Wise words fall on deaf ears 05 May 2011 Astonished, I asked: “You mean flattened hedgehogs?†To which he replied “Yes.†A sea eagle eating a flattened hedgehog on the side of the A47 to Norwich? Even if he wasn’t joking it was certainly a very good joke. Why won’t conservationists come clean about what predators, including raptors, actually eat? Victorian ornithologists had no qualms. They simply went out, shot the bird they wished to write about and investigated the contents of the unfortunate victim’s stomach. Consequently, the old records show a far wider range of diet for buzzards and red kites than worms and carrion. Similarly, as far as I am aware, there is no record of a Victorian sea eagle ever eating a hedgehog, flattened or otherwise. Of course, with current nest-filming technology available and well used, the conservationists know exactly what our birds of prey are eating and feeding their young; they simply choose not to tell us. Sometimes snippets of information do creep out. Hence last year there was much jollity. At every failed hen harrier’s nest it is normal for the Conservation Trust to blame gamekeepers. Unfortunately, last year, cameras at nests showed one family of chicks being eaten by a fox and at another, the brooding hen bird being carried off by an eagle owl. Well, fancy that – the RSPB wanted sea eagles in East Anglia but they don’t want eagle owls in the Forest of Bowland. Over recent weeks I have heard some most astonishing dietary tales. In Cheshire, a pigeon fancier was horrified to see one of his best racing pigeons caught in the air and brought down by a sparrowhawk. As the hawk was about to begin its meal: “Suddenly, from nowhere, a buzzard swept in at speed, killing the sparrowhawk with one blow and then coming back and taking the pigeon.†On the Isle of Wight a month ago I met a knowledgeable country-woman, Sheila Hiscox, who has seen four red squirrels taken from her garden by buzzards. She pointed to a tree, saying: “You see that forked tree? That is the killing post for them. They disembowel them there. Of course they scream. I don’t know if you have ever heard a squirrel scream as it’s being killed – it’s worse than a rabbit. It is so distressing because you know that you really cannot afford to lose them.†Astonishingly, there are “conservationists†on the island who refuse to believe Sheila’s eyewitness account – including a member of staff at the National Trust. Why? Give us the facts Near Newport in Wales is an area of wetland created in mitigation for the development of Cardiff Bay. The lapwings there are rearing hardly any young because of predation by buzzards. Now what about the red kite? I love red kites and many years ago made a pilgrimage, almost, to Tregaron in Wales, when kites were very rare. But worms and carrion? Norman Day, a reader of this column, has informed me that he was having coffee with three friends in Bedfordshire recently when a red kite being pestered by swallows came into view: “To our surprise, the kite took one of these birds and then another, all in the space of a couple of minutes. One escaped, but the other could clearly be seen grasped tightly in the kite’s talons as it flew off. “Had I been alone, I might have thought this was a trick of the eye or the effect of consuming too much of my friend’s home-brew the night before. The fact is that four of us witnessed the event. “I sought an opinion from the RSPB (I am a member). Was this normal behaviour or something out of the ordinary; a rogue kite in Bedfordshire? It comes as no surprise that I have not had a response – not good for membership retention to cast doubt on the red kite’s impeccable credentials.†In addition to all this, several readers have told me tales of both buzzards and kites taking ducklings from water – carrying one off and then coming back for another and then another. The point is a simple one: “worms†and “carrionâ€? As Lulu once famously said, “they eat whatever they are carryingâ€. So please, members of the Conservation Trust – simply give us the facts about our predators and birds of prey. One question I would like answered ought to be easy: are the booming populations of buzzards and red kites having an impact on any other types of wildlife – apart, of course, from worms?

Should be birds will leave Leslie at 5 pm on Saturday for Sunday race.

http://www.racingpigeonmall.com/loft/articles/dewpoint.html Do not know if this article is cosha.

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Is there a problem picking up stray see PM.

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