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Ave heard owe the stories whilst training you birds, some guys start them off at 20 miles and still loss them, they are only trying to catch up with the guy next door whos is at 25 miles. Last year i started training them at 5 miles then so on until about 30-35 miles, i started training 22 young birds, after 13 tossess i was left with 19, onwhich i thought that was good, but unfortunately work came first again, it all depends how much time you have got. But i think, you are better taking your time with them, as for taking old ones with them, i have tried this and found the old ones home before theyoung birds, they just break away from them.

They say the only kill to feed but you can take that with a pinch of salt, theres a guy who works at this place where there is peregrines, he says that they will kill in the morning, then late afternoon then thats it until the following day, again i think it will depend on how much they are feeding. There is just too may of them now.

At the end of the day they are just young birds mind, i doo what jimmy white does, give them short tossess to start of with, then increase the miles slowly on them. I done this last year with young birds and found it to be the best way for them, dont just jump them into miles to catch up. Nice and easy with them, you will here people saying 5 miles, not worth the bother, well i think it is, but thats just me, and thats the way i doo it. :)

They are destroying the game you have a look at the peregrines at Derby, they are feeding 4 young, how much times a day are they having to kill to keep 4 going. Hope you get your young birds back mate, best to leave the training for a couple of days. At the end of the day, it dosent matter what time you go, where you go, they are alwasy somewhere about, maybe not at the lib point, but up the road a bit. We liberated around 400 old birds to-day, the first thing i did was block the sun out with my fist to see if there was anything up above.

Cracking looking young birds, what strain are the kit of 6 Jim

We are going to be in to Invergordon around Monday next week, i dont get off the rig until Wednesday Harry and i have no transport to go and get it, you come and picke me up and i will give you the petrol money, it will get you aff the computer for a wee while. ;D ;D ;D ;D I will be travelling home from Inverness on Wednesday, so i will try and get the SPDS to pick it up from the address when i get it. I got a letter from the Scottish saying that its a none fancier who has got it in, i have emailed them but have no reply from them yet. When i get the addy i will make contact to have it picked up. Clocky thanks for the info mate, i will let you no what happens.

What sort of prices does the SPDS charge if thats Amtrak prices. I have a bird reported somewhere in Inverness by a none fancier, so i will have to send for it. Any info guys please.

The above pigeon will be liberated this afternoon at ST Andrews, thats all i can doo as it is taking up my small basket. I will feed it before it goes.

budgie, I hope you get more home mate, thats not a lot out of 70 :o , always interesting to here from the race controller though. Keeps up informed on your returns, am still waiting on 6.

Your right there Duncan, ave heard owe about it. He wants to be in charge awe the time.

Hary thats all you seem to be doing these days, is banging your own drum, i can hear it from hear. ;D ;D ;D

I use both and have no problems with them but i use the ETS. But stall trap would be the preffered one for me, so thats my vote.

Dont clap your hands whatever you doo, you will just frighten them and could result in some lossess. Leave them to find there wings, once some of them go up, the rest will follow, you have to have patients with them T-T But again they are your birds mate. Dougie.

Merlin This was no Kestrel mate i can assure you on that, it was a sparrowhawk. The kestrel only hovers above the pray, not very high, this was high, couldnt believe the hight of it. Thanks for your comments though.

Cheers Brian, i will give him a call and see who it is, answering machine, but left a message on it to call me. Cheers mate.

I just looked out the window over the fields area/gulley what looked lik a sparrowhaw, went and got the binoculars and yes it was, watched this for a couple of minutes before it dived into the field area. What amazed me was, it was just like hovering but it was climbing all the time, has anyone else ever seen this before, because i havent, i can also say that it was very high, i thought it was percy but no. You could not see this with the naked eye.

The above bird has been here for a while, just got it in 5 mins ago. The blue hen has got an orange clip ring with the number 11 on it. If this is your bird please contact me via a PM.

REDCHEQUEN, who did the bird belong too.

DING DONG DING DONG. You dont have a bell on the door its a chapper. ;D ;D ;D

They must have sold very quick Chris. Thanks for the PM relating to the birds, maybe next year.

Not bad quality from a mobile, arent the transporters a bit close for the amount of pigeons released. What was the returns like for this type of race.

Same old story getting, theres always someone buggers it up for someone else. :(

Fine hut Duncan, if was to get another one i think i will chap your door with cash mate, where did you buy the boxes from. Chickadee will be proud of you mate. Well done.

I go into the hut lift the bob wires then they come out on there own free will, there not long of learing chrisss, i also have a sparred door mate. Open the doors and they just lie about the hut. No problem when i take the board down, they are out within minutes mate, drop the bob wires then get them in on feeding time. ;) Gangster, i dont get much problems mate with the sparrowhawk or percy, but if i was too take down, then i think i would get some bother, the owl moves abit as well, the crows nest a couple of houses down from me, they are a big help to keep the raptors away though, they have been there for a few years now, and dont bother the doos, am happy they are there. :)

timbarra, i would love to get away sitting in the garden mate, but have got other peoples birds to train, fine when the birds are all home though, peace and quiet unti the daughter comes home from school, and the wife finishes her work. Thanks for the comments guys. Much appreciated. Dougie.