reporting foreign strays ??

[kev01293]

:-/ ive had 2 foreign strays come into my loft [1 french and 1 dutch] within the last 2 days but being a novice i have no idea who to contact to report them?

ive reported many english strays in the last year since i started keeping pigeons as i get approx 1 stray per fortnight and even more during the race season-is this normal as i dont remember getting this many strays into my loft as a kid when i kept pigeons?

anyway any advice as to how i can report my foreign guests would be appreciated?

                  many thanks

                  kev

[REDCHEQHEN]

If you click on the links below, you can report directly, I have given you the e-mail addresses anyway. Give the number of pigeon and your name address and telephone number (international code is 0044 for uk, then drop the 0 from STD code)

 

For french stray

 

http://www.colombophiliefr.com/index-e.html

 

lost@colombophiliefr.com

 

For dutch stray:

 

http://www.npo.nl/site/

 

ringenadministratie@npo.nl

 

However, if you put the ring numbers on the lost bird section on this site aswell,  they may belong to British fanciers

 

[kev01293]

redcheqhen many thanks for info on reporting my foreign strays

                

                        kev01293

[ACE LOFTS]

n e 1 no the email address to report a belgian stray

[REDCHEQHEN]

http://www.kbdb.be/Engelseversie/kbdbstarting.htm

 

either e-mail thorough the link above or e-mail the address below

 

nationaal@kbdb.be

[jimmy white]

its true what kev says, definately more strays nowadays,,,and less fanciers,,,strange?

[peterpau]

I would try the rpra first as many foreign rung birds are now registerd here.

[kev01293]

as me and jim have said there seems to be more strays nowadays and less fanciers,could it be that our pigeons are not of the quality that they used to be or are other factors involved such as mobile telephone masts affecting their homing instincts or is the changing ozone layer also playing a part? -i,m only a novice who hopes to race next year but when i read of some fanciers who breed 80 plus yb,s each year because of expected losses during training/yb racing it makes me wonder whether i want to go down that road as i have a sleepless night even if i have 1 bird missing at call-in time,surely it must be devestating when an old favourite doesnt return from a race and is never seen again?

                     kev

[REDCHEQHEN]

It is devastating - but we have lost more off the loft than we have due to racing - presumably to hawks - c'est la vie.