Perigrine

[Guest chad3646]

I am talking about legislation against predators attacking racing pigeons,I do not think it is gonna happen

 

 

walter you are correct the rspb is getting bigger, the pigeon fanciers smaller

[BLACK W F]

Don't think we have them here yet jam ,but don't want them by the sounds of them .i was told the other night they are about 1and1/2 times the size of a spara hen , and just chase and chase until they catch one even into trees .

stuart they been up in Aberdeen area this last 10 years if they up here u guys got them

[eastcoaster]

I have my own health treat for the Sparra and three have loved it so much they ain't coming back fact as for Percy paint them doos .

[yeboah]

was at a pigeon panel a few weeks back one of the guys told us that if the peregrine is having a bad nest they replenish the nest with young from the people that breed them in aviaries so that takes nature right out of it and we should be able to do something about them but I agree think its already too late

That is 100% correct

Which is no problem whatsoever to an organisation which in 2010 had at their disposal for charitable causes the sum of £94.7 MILLION !! U

[jamjim]

pigeons attacked for about 15 minutes this afternoon never got any but newmains lanarkshire

[frank-123]

I had it from a good source that the RSPB released a pair of goss hawks in 2011 at the site of the perchy pond in Lanarkshire that year I lost 7 birds before the racing started saw a couple of attacks take place but to far away to say what they we're.I believe this year will be one of the worst as we have not had a hard enough winter to kill some of them of.

 

On a Rspb forum 2012 there were confirmed sightings of the goshawk hunting at barons haugh in Motherwell.

[Delboy]

On a Rspb forum 2012 there were confirmed sightings of the goshawk hunting at barons haugh in Motherwell.

 

As I said in an earlier post, a goshawk was attacking Eddie Harrisons pigeons 2 or 3 years ago.He said it was relentless, a complete hunting , killing machine.He is in a scheme in Ruchazie too.

[gulkie]

The RSBP are a joke ,a number of years ago I got a card through the door from them asking if anyone in this area had seen any long tail tits and would we fill in the card to report them as they are finding that the population has all but gone.So to rectify this they have introduced a pair of goss hawks felking anisis they have the IQ of a pot noodle.

[john cumming]

goshawk distribution according to RSPB

 

 

the green shaded area around inverness and black isle can be extended east covering most of the north east of Scotland ( moray, Banff & Buchan, Aberdeenshire )

 

 

 

john

 

[bobandson]

John I was taken the back road to parkhill from the bridge of don and i saw goshawk nail a hen pheasent it was over in seconds

[walterboswell59]

i let my youngsters out for the first time yesterday at 4 oclock kept them hungry and filled the bath open the loft door and sat down to keep an eye on them all was fine till about 5 oclock a massive seagull flew over the garden droping the crust of bread it was carrying into my garden then followed it down landing a few feet from the youngbirds it was as if a bomb had hit them they exploded into trees roof tops and the older ones hit the heavens at dark i was missing six i can see one in a tree this morning might come down later oh the joys of the pigeon sport try to do everything right and still get it wrong lol

[Kyleakin Lofts]

i let my youngsters out for the first time yesterday at 4 oclock kept them hungry and filled the bath open the loft door and sat down to keep an eye on them all was fine till about 5 oclock a massive seagull flew over the garden droping the crust of bread it was carrying into my garden then followed it down landing a few feet from the youngbirds it was as if a bomb had hit them they exploded into trees roof tops and the older ones hit the heavens at dark i was missing six i can see one in a tree this morning might come down later oh the joys of the pigeon sport try to do everything right and still get it wrong lol

 

Walter, first time out for mine is usually when they are still only walking about and only for 5 - 15 minutes. Once they start flying, it stretches a bit, but by then they know their way out and in.

I once moved a YB that had been bred for a sale over into the YB end so it wouldn't get scalped. I was in a rush the next day and just opened up the YB's. I thought I would be ok since it probably wouldn't find its way out and if it did it would stay with the others. Whomever bought it would have no problem breaking it because it had only been out the once. When I returned home I had one YB missing, yes the less than four week old for the sale. Finally had it reported about two weeks later by a non-fancier in Ceres, Fife. With help from this site I got it back and it is now in the race team. I hope its experience serves it well. At least it managed to escape what I can only think was a BOP attack.

[TheHigg]

i let my youngsters out for the first time yesterday at 4 oclock kept them hungry and filled the bath open the loft door and sat down to keep an eye on them all was fine till about 5 oclock a massive seagull flew over the garden droping the crust of bread it was carrying into my garden then followed it down landing a few feet from the youngbirds it was as if a bomb had hit them they exploded into trees roof tops and the older ones hit the heavens at dark i was missing six i can see one in a tree this morning might come down later oh the joys of the pigeon sport try to do everything right and still get it wrong lol

hope they turn up fo you walter

[walterboswell59]

Walter, first time out for mine is usually when they are still only walking about and only for 5 - 15 minutes. Once they start flying, it stretches a bit, but by then they know their way out and in.

I once moved a YB that had been bred for a sale over into the YB end so it wouldn't get scalped. I was in a rush the next day and just opened up the YB's. I thought I would be ok since it probably wouldn't find its way out and if it did it would stay with the others. Whomever bought it would have no problem breaking it because it had only been out the once. When I returned home I had one YB missing, yes the less than four week old for the sale. Finally had it reported about two weeks later by a non-fancier in Ceres, Fife. With help from this site I got it back and it is now in the race team. I hope its experience serves it well. At least it managed to escape what I can only think was a BOP attack.

thats the i work it to m8 but had a few early bred among them this time that had not been out due to iy being on the late side when i got home chance you take i guess

[buster151]

hope you get em back mate, just come in from the garden and 4 falcons circling over head must be parents and last years young

[Guest chad3646]

hope you get em back mate, just come in from the garden and 4 falcons circling over head must be parents and last years young

 

 

are you sure it is not buzzards, as i dont think it will be parents and last years young, the parents will be on another nest by now

[walterboswell59]

hope you get em back mate, just come in from the garden and 4 falcons circling over head must be parents and last years young

only two missing now and one hanging about the roofs might get in the morning so not bad

[john cumming]

John I was taken the back road to parkhill from the bridge of don and i saw goshawk nail a hen pheasent it was over in seconds

 

 

they are everywhere now, we now are being bothered with a peregrine just now not to mention the daily visit from the sparras to, bought rockets going to try shift them with that

 

 

 

john