Have you tried
www.bt.com
I presume you know the address
http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/search/residential/search.publisha?Surname=bamling&Location=co+durham&s_cid=BT.com-DQ-Residential&x=43&y=9
North Yorkshire - about 10 miles north of Whitby
but go direct to Frank Sheader (Scarborough) - as thats where they got theirs from - and who owns their combine winners
You'll need atleast two separate teams though - for the 7 day isolation period in beteen each race - the same birds can't go the following week
I prefer the UNC programme - channel races every two weeks
It would be a lot easier if you put both distances on and both times - to work out
or distances and velocities
the information you have given is not very clear
I've never seen old birds put their wings up - as if hungry (like youngsters do)
If they were hungry they wouldn't exercise very well - how long are they doing around the loft ?
You've got a microscope haven't you Karl?
You will be able to check the droppings yourself
Winds are forecast to be a lot lighter this coming weekend
they may still be East on the channel - but West to South West winds on the East coast
South - or SE /SW on the west coast
http://www.xcweather.co.uk/
you don't soound ridiculous at all - and its not easy to do - it took me months !!
Hold the bird close to your body with one hand - and extend the wing with the other hand
repeat for both wings
wingstamping however for the NEHU is not compulsory
its a border fed ring - which means the bird is from Northumberland /Berwick area and was probably at the Lillers race on Saturday
Border fed secretary tel: 01289 307177
Where are you from?
Look at the ring on the pigeon - it will begin
GB 200? followed by a letter - followed by a number
or
NEHU
OR WHU
or
NWHU
or SHU
Find the ring number - and put it on here
The food and water is fine for now
I don't really understand the weather - but on Saturday I watched the clouds - and there were a few 'layers' of them - the lower clouds were defo moving in the direction of the weather reports - East or ENE - But the higher layer of clouds were hardly moving at all
http://www.meteox.com/gmap.aspx?soort=loop24uur&zoom=5&lat=51.3031452591991&lon=9.6240234375
look at the above - it may take you direct to satellite 'loop'
but if not - to the left is a loop for the number of previous hours for weather conditions
we weren't - it was the only chance of a race
the weather was fine at that time - the East wind did the damage
I believe the convoyer had a half hour window in which to get them up
For the UNC?
Some had good returns - some not so good
From a personal point of view - although returns good - it was not a good race - very gappy - pigeons dehydrated
1 missing - 1 reported 100 miles west - 1 injured from 12 sent
but some have only 50% of their birds back