Heres a reply I received from Wendy when I replied to her about the stray bird that she had and the reasons for her not getting any replies from the IHU as she was sending them to S. Lehane who sadly passed away last year but she has since managed to get the bird passed on to a fellow fancier and is quite happy with the help she received. Awww thank you for letting me know Patrick . That's sad about the man dying. Fully understand now. Everyone was laughing at me because I was concerned about a racing pigeon but it was a lovely wee thing and obviously loved human contact . It landed on one the boys here and basically was begging for food and a rest. As I said before the wee thing is safe and apparently the guy that took it is an excellent bird man. Just a shame the real owner lost his bird . Will you let him know? I have enjoyed learning a small insight into the world of racing pigeons . You learn something new everyday ! Thank you for your emails and if ever a burdy decides to pop by my fishery again I know exactly who to contact Kind regards Wendy Hosie