Sorry John, I should have mentioned it was a bad race when I sent you the result. It was the worst y/bird race I personally have ever had. It was not that big a surprise though as in the back of my mind with the strong West wind and Alnwick being right on the coast there was always a chance the birds would go out to sea. We had a y/bird race from there 2 years ago it wasn't that bad a race but I know of 2 birds that were reported up in the Shetland Isles on the day of liberation. I had 13 away on Sunday and got 4 on the day and 1 yesterday. We might get a better idea of what happened if birds start to get reported and we can see where they have ended up. I will give Kevin a slap for you the next time hes round at my house .