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andy i think if they did away with the inland nationals the membership would be decimated thus the joining fee would be higher,there would be no profit from the inland races to help supliment the channel races how much would it then cost to send a bird to say the gold cup £20???? that in itself will hold the birdage down a lot of members only join to race these inland races and have birds capable of flying out to 350 /450ish miles some of todays breeds just wont fly over these distances jmo

danny are bishop auckland,northallerton and doncaster not closed as racepoints and kelso and st boswells are graveyards especially for youngbirds fife fed had it real bad the last 3 years from kelso and we had some real bad st boswell races

ive had 2 reported out of 35 missing y/bs had none reported out of 37 missing old birds (31 of them yearlings,6 of them 2 year olds) but had a few of both teams work home some poss had a helping hand or my losses would of been higher

ask clocky he was talking about it the other day

will prob still be at his work m8

a couple of times 1st time from a trainer my bird arrived with the ring broken and hanging off and a broken leg the second time the bird arrived in good time without its ring also witnessed a couple of times broken rings lying in the bottom of training baskets they can become brittle with age and are easily broken also they can be very difficult to try and remove as they tend to snap off at the lug

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well done

i would still give the bird to a fancier in your area if you can as the bird will need to be in realy good condition to make an attempt to go home from that far away and need the weather conditions in its faviour thanks for taking the time to help this missing bird

mikes from stonehaven dougie just south of aberdeen

that can all change as the day goes on Garry good luck

its on the snfc website birds are up at 08.00 no wind

with a west south west wind predicted all the way the north sections got a very good chance of being well up the result Garry just depends on the wind strength at certain points on the route and good doos

used to like the zooms :emoticon-0136-giggle: :emoticon-0136-giggle: and you still get the fabs

clockys turn :emoticon-0167-beer:

this ones excellent aswell

alan i was the only one that didnt have anything to eat just had a fine cuppa tea it was a good day though up to yours then down to harrys and saw some real nice birds in both lofts

aye and he drank it without flinching :emoticon-0136-giggle: :emoticon-0136-giggle:

a never ending supply of lorn sausage and softies ian he must turn on the perfect host routine for all his many visitors

was up to see haineys comets before the start of the season and was very impressed

if he decides not to send let me know robbie ive a couple of workmates that live in fraserburgh and would take the bird in to aberdeen

see what they are like tomorow after 2 days without feed bet they trap lke bullets :emoticon-0136-giggle: always remember to shake the tin or whistle when your feeding them always do this whether they are already in the loft or still outside

rab its about at the point where natures going to take care of the problem itself you can already see that percys changes its habbits in an attempt to survive but thats only delaying the inevitable which is with not enough prey to sustain the high numbers they will starve thus self culling to a more natural number you see it with all species when numbers become too great to sustain there is a point where the numbers get decimated by starvation down to very low levels and it can take decades to repopulate to natural levels look at human beings in africa / ethiopia for example they know the country they live in can only sustain so many but they continually have large familys which the land struggles to support when a drought comes every few years the people starve and die off till there numbers reach levels the countryside can support/feed if you look at it logically we support these starving people with food parcels etc thus more surviving till the next drought with more mouths to feed it actually makes it worse im in no way saying not to help folk in hard times just makinng a comparison with population numbers in all species

not sure when the stray centre closes paul may be best to see if the birds can be listed and members from the correct areas arrange to meet davy on the way home to collect thier birds

no i think she might just be out of race time brian :emoticon-0136-giggle: :emoticon-0136-giggle: