grizzle09 Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Very happy to say I got my gps bird home from Oban (128mile) at the weekend and the results is very interesting! The birds were liberated at 8am and as far as I can make out he took 14 minutes of circling before heading on his line of flight home following the Glen North, Weirdly he seems to land 16 mile North of Oban minutes into flight for no apparent reason (spooked by bop maybe?) for 52 minutes before heading off again, He follows closely along Loch Linnhe upto Fort William where he was raced from the week before, From Fort William he then follows Loch Lochy upto Fort Augustus where he was raced from 2 weeks previous then cuts over the loch to fly north to just east of Inverness changing direction easterly to get home, Its apparent that he does his best to avoid populated areas such as Inverness, Nairn, Forres, and Elgin whether this is intentional I dont know?? Overall he flys 152mile with a top speed of 52mph at times and at altitudes of 738 meters above sea level over the Munro "Sarin á Choire Ghairbh" at Loch Lochy which is very close to its peak which suggests they don't always fly around mountains but over them all the while crossing bodys of water without hesitation, He was only one of 191 liberated that morning so how much of it he flew him self and if his route was influenced by other birds is unknown, Thanks again Simon for the gps ring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonmurray4747 Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Alot of good info mate we will get more done.im just sorry my two birds are not back to help give us a better idea. Tommmorow hopefully lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster151 Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Great info there, gives a good insight into how they behave etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbar Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 An interesting read,well done, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyleakin Lofts Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Well done. A lot of info there. Glad it got back and I hope Simon gets his back as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryngwynt Lofts Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 This is really interesting and a great read, gives us a better understanding on how our birds fly.Also the route and squashes some myths, I hope you continue to run this through the season.Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomaloon Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 that is fantastic.well done . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby4 Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Very interesting an hope you keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave barrie Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 good lee, took the line we thought they would,must have been hiding for the 52 min, prob spotted an osprey, hope simons birds turn in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hay Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Good stuff lee, a might buy myself one of them sky leaders. Be very interesting to see how they get up the road. Hope you get your doos home Simon, that's the down fall cost of the rings if they dont make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue lad Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 I noticed that miles flown where in excess of measured distance .Can probably be said that most races flown are well in excess of measured distance . Hence birds taking all day to home from a relatively short distance. Of course some will wait it out if danger is sighted .For nearly a hour if need be .A very interesting article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Burgess Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 all very interesting . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally mac Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Thats great to see Lee, syraight up the Glen and it shows you exactly where to train from. Hope your good racing continues 👠Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philg50 Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 I think thats great what you have done there because how many times are pigeon fanciers asking ,far the hell have they got till the day ?? great stuff . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Fifer Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Brilliant very interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy25 Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Thought ... perhaps this could be funded by each club or feds or the shu ..this would have a great effect on the training and knowledge of flightpaths and info could be used to try and have bops re located from these flightpaths by the rspb .if not the info gathered could be used legally to have them removed by the rspb ..one lives in hope ...onwards n upwards ...all the best to all ..sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddymac Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Very good and interesting info, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonmurray4747 Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Thought ... perhaps this could be funded by each club or feds or the shu ..this would have a great effect on the training and knowledge of flightpaths and info could be used to try and have bops re located from these flightpaths by the rspb .if not the info gathered could be used legally to have them removed by the rspb ..one lives in hope ...onwards n upwards ...all the best to all ..sandy I think this could be done with feds investing in a set u.u only need one ring reader and charger and laptop.so if club/fed buy the set up then members just need to get rings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buff Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Absolutely brilliant that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGJAMIE320 Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 superb mate well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meigle Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 great stuff good wee read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzle09 Posted May 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2021 Hell be going back to oban this weekend so if home well get to see if he takes the same route or a different one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE FIFER Posted May 19, 2021 Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 first class m8 well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easygaun Posted May 20, 2021 Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 Alot of good info mate we will get more done.im just sorry my two birds are not back to help give us a better idea. Tommmorow hopefully lolSo I take it that you have to get the birds home before you can trace their flight path?I thought that you could actually follow their route on your computer whilst they were flying.Maybe I'm just too old to understand, but it doesn't seem to be much use if the doos don't return.Not being dismissive of the trial,I think it would be great if we could follow their course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdrie2 Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 So I take it that you have to get the birds home before you can trace their flight path?I thought that you could actually follow their route on your computer whilst they were flying.Maybe I'm just too old to understand, but it doesn't seem to be much use if the doos don't return.Not being dismissive of the trial,I think it would be great if we could follow their course. Some info is better than no info well done on sharing the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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