North Of Scotland Federation.

[daviedoo22]

Basketing is going ahead on Friday 5th,birdage per crate is 23.

[daviedoo22]

Approx 1,400 birds were liberated from Thornton at 08:00.Broken cloud,sunshine and no wind.Birds cleared racepoint very well with no disruption(bop)GOOD LUCK TO ALL.

[daviedoo22]

On a day of good visability,broken cloud and sun at liberation why were returns slow and drawn out.I anticipated winning birds doing 45mph.With no question of clashing being an option,why such a funny race?

[Blue Tooner]

Atmospherics, BOP, over medicated pigeons and gung ho attitudes, regardless of what we think, the losses will continue. As for BOP....we can sort them out yet face the clink if caught. ..Unbelievable....it would be easier tae get aff wae rape....

If we dont stand together as one on the BOP were expletive rwmoved.....whats the worst they can do....jail us all.

R.S.P.B.-----Really Severed Pigeonfanciers Bollocks

[Dave barrie]

imo the birds were interfered with at kennoway because myself and lochgelly flyer alec who helped me lib both watched as they cleared perfectly north, at rouhgly 3mile they started circling and i asked alec at what area did he think it was ,he said kennoway, there is bop at the quarry, there is also bop at cuper, i think they were turned west, off the line of flight and then had to put in the milaege,on the way home weather was perfect until huntly area when there was some drizzle,also overcast but cleared by keith area,at the club some had very good returns others including myself never saw a feather,k index was high? something in the air ?maybe. ithink the only thing that ruins the birds homing is predators and we are under estimating the actual numbers that are out there, by the way the birds in the transporter were in good nick and just itchin to go,also returns into buckie were coming out of the west. davy

[john cumming]

imo the birds were interfered with at kennoway because myself and lochgelly flyer alec who helped me lib both watched as they cleared perfectly north, at rouhgly 3mile they started circling and i asked alec at what area did he think it was ,he said kennoway, there is bop at the quarry, there is also bop at cuper, i think they were turned west, off the line of flight and then had to put in the milaege,on the way home weather was perfect until huntly area when there was some drizzle,also overcast but cleared by keith area,at the club some had very good returns others including myself never saw a feather,k index was high? something in the air ?maybe. ithink the only thing that ruins the birds homing is predators and we are under estimating the actual numbers that are out there, by the way the birds in the transporter were in good nick and just itchin to go,also returns into buckie were coming out of the west. davy

 

 

aye davie i agree with the kennoway bit, my mate lives about a mile from there and says there are plenty bops there, atmospherics could well play a part, i dare say we could sit all day and come up with suggestions to what happened but the bop plays a major part in the losses, we dont need to send them to races to see that its happening at home around the lofts, and ive the evedince to back that up , the way things are we wont have pigeon racing as a sport/ hobby in a few years as fanciers just wont race the birds for the fear of losses, its starting to happen now

 

 

john

 

 

 

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[daviedoo22]

As i say to davy every week our main concern is a decent lib with blue sky visible to birds.Every lib this year they have had this and cleared sites quickly,it dosent seem to matter now whether 60mls or 460mls every race is a marathon for a lot of birds through no fault of their own.Have you ever seen the like waiting all day for birds to return from brechin,most birds should be at your loft within an hour of your first arival,doesnt happen anymore.

[john cumming]

As i say to davy every week our main concern is a decent lib with blue sky visible to birds.Every lib this year they have had this and cleared sites quickly,it dosent seem to matter now whether 60mls or 460mls every race is a marathon for a lot of birds through no fault of their own.Have you ever seen the like waiting all day for birds to return from brechin,most birds should be at your loft within an hour of your first arival,doesnt happen anymore.

 

 

aye yer rite davie, i got 4 together last week couldna believe it, used tae get batches oh 10 & 20 come together from shorter races ( thing of the past nowadays) and at the shorter races if you get one bird then dont see one for 20 / 30 mins your heart sinks you just know somethings wrong??

 

 

 

 

john

[thunderbigbaws]

imo the birds were interfered with at kennoway because myself and lochgelly flyer alec who helped me lib both watched as they cleared perfectly north, at rouhgly 3mile they started circling and i asked alec at what area did he think it was ,he said kennoway, there is bop at the quarry, there is also bop at cuper, i think they were turned west, off the line of flight and then had to put in the milaege,on the way home weather was perfect until huntly area when there was some drizzle,also overcast but cleared by keith area,at the club some had very good returns others including myself never saw a feather,k index was high? something in the air ?maybe. ithink the only thing that ruins the birds homing is predators and we are under estimating the actual numbers that are out there, by the way the birds in the transporter were in good nick and just itchin to go,also returns into buckie were coming out of the west. davy

 

im from kennoway and was out the back from 7am watching for my birds till 10am the 1st bird i saw was the 3 that dropped to me at 8.53 am. so your bird didnt go near kennoway. last year i watched a part of your convoy approx 500 bird getting attacked by 4 perigans but they didnt get any. spoke on the phone that night to goerge duthie and he said everybody had great returns. hope this helps you

[alex wight]

im from kennoway and was out the back from 7am watching for my birds till 10am the 1st bird i saw was the 3 that dropped to me at 8.53 am. so your bird didnt go near kennoway. last year i watched a part of your convoy approx 500 bird getting attacked by 4 perigans but they didnt get any. spoke on the phone that night to goerge duthie and he said everybody had great returns. hope this helps you

 

 

They were doing fine up to NEAR kennoway Brian, they were probably nearer the star and they seem to be held up there for a while for whatever reason. Just trying to help the boys have an understanding of what went on after the lib. Being from Kennoway i do know where it is, cheers mucker.

[thunderbigbaws]

They were doing fine up to NEAR kennoway Brian, they were probably nearer the star and they seem to be held up there for a while for whatever reason. Just trying to help the boys have an understanding of what went on after the lib. Being from Kennoway i do know where it is, cheers mucker.

me. mook or fiffey never seen any of the birds

[Guest Basin View]

Batch of around 50 went over Montrose at 9:22, they were pushng on, would say a lot faster than the results show.

We are probably around 30 miles from Thornton, this would suggest they were held up early on.

[Blue Chequer Pied]

im from kennoway and was out the back from 7am watching for my birds till 10am the 1st bird i saw was the 3 that dropped to me at 8.53 am. so your bird didnt go near kennoway. last year i watched a part of your convoy approx 500 bird getting attacked by 4 perigans but they didnt get any. spoke on the phone that night to goerge duthie and he said everybody had great returns. hope this helps you

 

George would maybe have been speaking about fanciers in his own club. I can assure you that everybody did not have good returns myself included. What you probably dont realise is that our Fed streches 80 miles east to west and I can tell you the guys in the west did not get good returns.

[Dave barrie]

: thanks for the info lads,its good to hear others opinions when we have a puzzling race,it looks like some birds got back on their line and was heading north but it could be that a large part of the convoy went inland, velocities on the east were what you would expect but the west were nowhere near it, nothing back today and its rained non stop. davy.

[robbiedoo.]

George would maybe have been speaking about fanciers in his own club. I can assure you that everybody did not have good returns myself included. What you probably dont realise is that our Fed streches 80 miles east to west and I can tell you the guys in the west did not get good returns.

 

paul the guys doon here that i know of did,nt have to great o returns either pal i have 9 to come from 27 another fancier down here with 13 missing from 49 .its not so rosie down here as some people make it out to be . there is the odd ones with good returns but not a lot of them :crying: :crying:

 

: thanks for the info lads,its good to hear others opinions when we have a puzzling race,it looks like some birds got back on their line and was heading north but it could be that a large part of the convoy went inland, velocities on the east were what you would expect but the west were nowhere near it, nothing back today and its rained non stop. davy.

 

i have 1 o ma doos reported on portsoy :emoticon-0138-thinking: :emoticon-0138-thinking:

[john cumming]

paul the guys doon here that i know of did,nt have to great o returns either pal i have 9 to come from 27 another fancier down here with 13 missing from 49 .its not so rosie down here as some people make it out to be . there is the odd ones with good returns but not a lot of them :crying: :crying:

 

 

 

i have 1 o ma doos reported on portsoy :emoticon-0138-thinking: :emoticon-0138-thinking:

 

 

plucky wee souls are still working home, i got one a couple of hours ago through all that rain

 

 

 

 

john

 

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[just ask me]

hope they work there way for you guys

[robbiedoo.]

paul the guys doon here that i know of did,nt have to great o returns either pal i have 9 to come from 27 another fancier down here with 13 missing from 49 .its not so rosie down here as some people make it out to be . there is the odd ones with good returns but not a lot of them .

 

i have ended up losing 8 from the weekend . i think the reason i lost 8 is i have now got the young bird sickness for the first time . me personaly i think this is one of the main reasons why our fed had poor returns i know of 5 fanceirs who have admitted to having it . i also know of another fanceir who has 10 missing from 30 from a 100 mile race crazy .i am now at the opinion that its rife in our fed with more fanceirs having it without realising it you just need to look at the returns it tells its own story me am as seek :emoticon-0179-headbang: