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dumbarton east-- sec--a keogh --01389601397

http://www.pipay.be/forum/index.php try the pipa website lots of belgians on there they may help you

this guy is one of the top flyers in our fed nearly always at the top of the result

makes me glad there is so much work being done on the north east to get scottish birds back up the road your a credit to the sport redcheqhen and all the others

i know bobby carruthers a very nice man who gave me birds when i started out henrik we dont know if the birds cleared or not but would the midlothian convoyer be looking for lanarkshire birds 2hrs after liberation that might be flying a mile or two from the lib site

if lanarksire's 8000 birds never cleared the race point would that not hold up midlothian birds back

i agree johno i for one think new convoyer and race controlller new team of three for race controller with a new convonyer use experenced fanciers at the racepoint to give the convonyer some local knowledge on liberation new line of flight team right up our race route use video/webcam so we can see the liberation use the internet to get the most up to date info on weather a new transporter as the one we have is crap a report on the liberation and race to be supplied from both convonyer and controller team

this was recieved from steve appleby I have researched my archive images and can only supply the following 2 images which are attached. 1) Satellite image captured at 08:00 which shows full cloud cover over the Darlington area.(circled red) 2) Rainfall radar image showing some patchy drizzle ( circled red) over the same area supporting the fact that cloud was over that area at 09:15. There seems little doubt that your YB's were liberated under full cloud cover. Liberating Young Birds in under these weather conditions would have certainly not have afforded that essential good start. The Young Birds would have circled the race point flying forwards and backwards searching for lines of flight. Some of the cloud in the vicinity carried some light patchy drizzle and if none was evident over the race point then the fact that drizzle was identified in the area is clear proof that the cloud was heavy enough to generate drizzle. (see radar rainfall image) Any pigeons finding their navigational line would have been further obstructed by continuing full cloud cover further north. ( The sun must visible to be able to liberate young birds.) The cloud did break up quite quickly after 09:30 hours confirmed by later satellite images received. I was advising the UNC with approximately 35,000 pigeons at Bubwith and we were aware of the inclement weather (Scotch Corner) on their line of flight north. After waiting for conditions to improve near their home end, about 50 miles north of Bubwith, liberations took place from Bubwith with the sun shining resulting in very good racing for the UNC members. I hope you find this information of use. Regards, Steve.

i had ten two years never done anything as young birds i have one left that flew maidstone 350 miles last year this year i never raced old birds realy nice looking birds it was probably more my loft management than the jannsens that were at fault

hi bruno just looked back a date 31/07/06 my birds stayed out all night i thought some thing cat, hawk had scared them they kept trying to land but then just kept flying and were still going 2 1/2 hrs later and it was dark just found out it was red on the calender for that night i will keep watching this site for future refrence

who cares about fife king at least there are 99% of forum members are decent people and care if other fanciers get it bad and will help with advice and encourage us to keep the chin up to the members of lanarkshire i have asked for detailed weather report from steve appleby that i will give to a fed delgate if there is a meeting called or i will wait to the agm and produce the report for all to see

report to shu 01698286983 for no prefix letter in the ring number if it has the letter L in the ring number its from newmains club sec (01698-385457 gary gilfillan )

wings have the delgates been called to a meeting over the race from scotch corner will you let us know when you are told of one i will get a report from steve appleby for the delgate meeting if there is one called

2 more this morning thats 5 out of 11

Updated Saturday 5th August at 08:00 Weather As we all know weather fronts control our weather and that is the case today. A warm front consisting of low cloud and patchy drizzle is positioned lying across western England, including the West Country, Wales and north western regions. Some fog and mist has also been detected under this cloud, mainly in areas of Devon and Cornwall. The better conditions are over to the east effectively producing an east west split with the east seeing the better weather. (See satellite image for detail.) Obviously where cloud cover (some of it heavy) persists, liberations will be prevented especially with young birds. The Met Office forecast a gradual improvement for those areas affected by cloud as during the morning breaks will appear allowing the sun to shine through, but it could be until early afternoon especially in some western areas before conditions are satisfactory to liberate. Then it is all down to the skills of the convoyer. North eastern areas, Newcastle in particular are under some cloud but the remainder of the eastern side of the country will enjoy fine sunny conditions and good visibility. A warm day with temperatures reaching a maximum of 25

gilmerton homing club liberated at 11.15 from scotch corner lockerbie club liberated from shap at 12.00 forthfiew club liberated at scotch corner at 10.15 lanarkshire liberated at 09.30 from scotch corner no 1 did lanarshire birds clear the race point? no2 what was the weather like? no3 did hawks attack the birds on release? no4 what other feds were at or was near scotch corner what time did they liberate?

thats now three home 21.00 five hours after my first bird the bird is flown out walked in the door rather than fly up to the sputnick

dont know linda the weather,clashing hawks who knows im lucky i split my teams in two groups so still have half left its guys in my club who are some of the best flyers in scotland with no ybs left i feel for

hi dave the birds were liberated at 0930 what was the weather like then

try wings o4 hes in the holytown club

scotch corner 05/08/06 lanarkshire fed had a smash today with many members with horrific returns 127sent 2 home ,83 sent 3 home, myself 11 sent 2 home the winning vel 689.00 for my club there must be a meeting called very quickly most club members never reset there clocks as there are finshed for the season with three races to go after three great races with the fed a lot of guys emptied there lofts with the good weather predicted how can you build a team of yearlings ? stop racing yb? how many members will finish for good after the old bird season losses then the young birds losses now its a sad day for the biggest federation in scotland and for scottish pigeon racings future after the poltics of ets /shu how much more can guys take? ps won the pools only to find i put a 2 instead of 8 on the pool sheet and lost the pools what a day

sorry about that bill did not look like the hodowla site when i first looked

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