Birds Lost And Reported?

[Guest Reeco Jnr]

Hi all just wanted to see how many people have lost birds and had them reported, there seems to be more losses than ever and less and and less reported, we only seem to get phone calls off non fanciers who pick up birds and go through the time and effort to report them but nothing off fanciers?

[sapper756]

It is getting increasingly difficult to get couriers when you need them, especially from down South to up here In Scotland and vice versahttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif

[OLDYELLOW]

had two reported this season one a yb i gave a friend and other a race bird , not had any others reported i take both Scottish and nehu strays as far as Sunderland when i go up north once a fortnight mainly liberating as near as home as possible , not many will know i've help there birds but the way i see it is im doing my bit to help others and hope most at least try to liberate bird when recovered up the road a bit 9/10 will go home when right :)also reported a scottish bird

[Guest IB]

One reported last year direct (wing stamp) by a fancier, and one reported this year through SHU by a non-fancier. I've only had the one stray, a Welsh bird, enter my loft in recent years, and reported that direct (telephone ring).

[Guest Reeco Jnr]

We hardly get any reported seems the trend to be honest and there wing stamped and have a plastic phone ring, we have quite a few IHU birds dropping in now and again we've had about 4 this week. Looks like its not only us that lose them and never see them again then.

[blaz]

in 10 years racing i have had 2 birds reported.

[jonl6280]

got one reported today from the bovindon race, its in swindon aera and i'm in lanarkshire scotland ! just need to get transport sorted now

[Guest Greig the doo Drysdale]

Just talking tonight and we where saying not had a single stray in this year strange but true

[kirky]

one bird reported from 8 missing, not reported any strays fed and watered and sent nearer home.

[gagums]

five years racing only 3 reported not good

[newbold]

sent 60 yungbirds training sunday 30 missing 2 reported 1 by a fellow fler 1 by a noneflyer

[newbold]

by the way any one traveling from west yorkshire to derbyshire in the next few days

[aye ready]

reported a fife young bird on saturday which was from dunfermline secy of the club said he would inform the owner still waiting to hear

[john cumming]

had two reported this season one a yb i gave a friend and other a race bird , not had any others reported i take both Scotish and nehu strays as far as Sunderland when i go up north once a fortnight mainly liberating as near as home as possible , not many will know i've help there birds but the way i see it is im doing my bit to help others and hope most at least try to liberate bird when recovered up the road a bit 9/10 will go home when right :)also reported a scotish bird

 

nice one mate wish there were more like you

[av8or]

I report strays almost every week. I reported two last week, one of which from Southern Ireland, which was collected from the South coast of England and I have litereally reported 2 birds today.

 

Now, I have only been in the sport for 3 years now and in that time, despite losing my fair share of birds, I have NEVER had a bird reported to me by another fancier. I don't believe for one second that ALL my birds are hitting wires or being Hawked. I believe that fanciers out there (and you know who you are) are either keeping birds as prisoners or worse still!

 

I play fair, I don't expect anything for nothing and I would never destroy anything that didn't belong to me. There are some unscrupulous fanciers out there!

[PIGEON_MAN]

Lost 4 birds in the last 5 days,2 youngsters missing after a hawk attack,1 reported in Wrexham by a fancier the other reported in Bristol by a non fancier this one was presumed hawked and died the next day,the other 2 are missing from the weekends race from Messac,not long had 1 of those reported dead on the beech at Budleigh Salterton Devon,nothing on the other.

[pigeons widow]

We have had three of our own pigeons reported by fanciers this season.

As Couriers we have picked more up this year from both Fanciers and Non Fanciers than we did last year.

Sapper, we pick up all over the country for Scotland

If any pigeon flies into our own loft, we contact the fancier and deliver it back to him free of charge

[Guest dodgydaz]

since i started back racing last year, i've only had 2 reported, 1 i fetched back and the other was released nearer my home and eventually it worked its way back. spent a fortune on address rings but doesnt seem as though people bother with reporting pigeons. ive only had 1 stray in which the owner fetched when i contacted him.

[Guest Reeco Jnr]

After a hawk smashed seven bells out of our young birds training last week had 1 reported its the first one for a long long time so there's hope yet, still 14 missing though absolutley gutted

[wings]

It is getting increasingly difficult to get couriers when you need them, especially from down South to up here In Scotland and vice versa

 

Sapper756 if you ever get any birds in the Lancashire area i will gladly bring them to Scotland and release near your place or meet you or anybody from there i normally travel upto Scotland early monday morning, its just a thought because you say you struggle to get birds up there.

[sapper756]

Sapper756 if you ever get any birds in the Lancashire area i will gladly bring them to Scotland and release near your place or meet you or anybody from there i normally travel upto Scotland early monday morning, its just a thought because you say you struggle to get birds up there.

 

 

Nice gesture m8http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif Thank you, will keep this in mindhttp://forum.pigeonbasics.org/public/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif

[Fair Play]

Had one reported in Leeds. Fancier had it taken to Newcastle then released,Landed over in Preston, fancier passed it onto a Mr Galt who arranged to have it released in Carlisle bird now home Thanks to all who helped on her way