Lost Pigeons

[Blue Chequer Pied]

yes Paul i posted 4 or 5 weeks ago that a percy had flow over my house and grabed a pigeon just as they were landing on loft roof , it followed in behind them like a sparr hen ambush , i said i hope this is not the new tactics , this is now happening every other day the last week or so very worrying trend now

 

Yes Rab, I think as food sources get scarce they will adapt feeding habits to survive, I can see it happening. I mean I had never even seen a goshawk till recently. It came and had a go at the doo's and actually started trying to catch the housemartins expletive remove. I would not have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.

[Guest paulrstokes]

Simples

 

Breeding Pairs of Perigrines ??

 

Multiplied by 30 ( average rings found in nest)

 

Multiplied by 2, to account for birds not eaten at the nest (after breeding)

 

Then add in another factor for the birds that fly them selves to death after being scattered

 

my estimate would be 80,000 plus

[Guest IB]

i dont think there will be a convoy in the country dosent get hit a good few times on way home , the percy could put my 90 ybs into the woods in a second and thats it only passing over not actually chasing them , they can turn 100,s of pigeons to the ground ,

 

when did you ask every fancier in the convoy if they have had a hit You dont half talk some pishe at times

 

out of the fanciers i know i dont know one thats not had a hit but thats only the ones i know and thats a load

 

Before you criticise someone, try putting your brain in gear first - you have just done the same thing that you accused me of not doing - when did YOU ask every fancier about the number of times their convoy was hit on the road? Because you THINK something, doesn't make it FACT.

 

I am well aware that you are plagued around the loft with attacks, and that is the event that I was saying was not a problem for every fancier - 'not every fancier has bother with BoPs.' You get hit all the time around the loft. Wullie's loft is just 500 yards from me, he's bothered with them. I think I've been hit here twice in 11 years. The pouter loft between Wullie and me has never had bother from them. Thats FACT.