IVE HAD 2 STRAYS REPORTED THIS YEAR 1 FROM A NON FANCIER IN THE NEWCASTLE AREA WITH A BIRD LOST LAST YEAR TOOK BACK FOR £30 AND ANOTHER WITH A FANCIER IN FIFE WHO WENT OUT HIS WAY TO PUT MY BIRD ONTO OUR TRANSPORTER IVE HAD 3 IN WHICH IVE EITHER PASSED ON TO THE RELIVENT FED OR MANAGED TO GET LIBERATED A FEW MILES FROM HOME THERES ALWAYS SOMEONE TRAVELLING IN THE DIRECTION THE BIRDS FROM GET TO KNOW WHO THESE FOLK ARE , AND HONESTLY THE MAJORITY OF THEM DONT MIND HELPING YOU OUT, SOME EVEN LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE BIRDS THEY HAVE TAKEN CIRCLE AND HEAD FOR HOME ONE OF THE LADS GETS HIS WIFE OUT OF THEIR HOUSE TO WATCH THE LIBERATION SO EVEN A SMALL THING LIKE LIBBING STRAYS SPARKS A BIT OF INTEREST WITH THE PUBLIC WHO AS I SAID ENJOY GETTING INVOLVED