Stray Pigeons!!
What to do if you find a stray pigeon.
Should you find a stray pigeon and open its wing, you may find, stamped on one or more feathers, the name and address and / or telephone number of the owner.
Write down the full details of the plastic coated metal ring and quote this to the owner.
If the owner has not stamped his/her address on the bird's wing then look up the details here and contact the secretary/official who should be able to contact the owner or give you their details.
As you may have the bird for a few days, until it can be collected or sent for, you can feed it with any hard grains e.g. Peas, Wheat, Barley, Maize, Rice, Lentils and also give the bird some fresh water. Keep the bird in a box with plenty of air holes to breath or place in empty rabbit hutch or similar.
Ring Prefix:
GB Royal Pigeon Racing Association, The Reddings, Nr. Cheltenham. Gloucestershire GL51 6RN Tel: 01452 713529
AERC All England Roller Club, J Russell, 7 Fernleigh Ave, Westdale Lane, Mabberley, Nottinghamshire NG3 6FN Tel: 01159 569444
EERC AICF/NYC East of England Roller Club, J Mullan, The Legend, 41 Coopers Road, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk IP5 3SJ Tel:01473 624526
MPRC Midland Roller Pigeon Club, S Taylor, 44 King George Close, Sidemore, bromsgrove B61 8ASH Tel: 01527 870092 after 6:00pm
NPA National Pigeon Association, Mrs T Edwards, Bridge Villa, Main Street, Pollington, Goole DN14 0DW Tel: 01405 869516
NTU National Tippler Union, B Rose, 46 Maynard Road, Hartcliffe, Bristol, BS13 0AG Tel: 01179 647275
NFTS Norwich Flying Tumbler & Tippler Society, C Howard, 4 Fitzgerald Road, Lakenham, Norwich NR1 2NF Tel: 01603 470920
NBRC National British Roller Club, K White, 581 Holyhead Road, Coventry, Tel: 02476 593289
WEFT / BSW West of England Flying Tumbler Society, Mrs R Williams, 121 Clovelly Road, Bideford, North Devon Tel: 01237 477096
WHFC Worcester Hi Fli Club, J Smith, 22 Albert Road, Worcester,WR5 1EB Tel:01905 355041
NRC Northern Roller Club, J Weir, 24 Lowrey Villas, Whiteleas, South Sheilds, Tyne & Wear NE34 8HZ Tel: 0191 4261653
NEHU North of England Homing Union, D Power, 58 Ennerdale Road, Walker Dene, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 4DG Tel: 01912 625440
SU Scottish Homing Union, Mrs Linda Brooks, 231a Low Waters Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, ML3 7QN Tel: 01698 286983
WHU Welsh Homing Pigeon Union, T Ash, Coed Cae, Tirfil, New Tredegar, Gwent, NP2 6HH Tel: 01443 833161
NWHU North West Homing Union, Janet Hull, 10 Ward Street, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire PR5 5HR Tel:01772 468748
IHU Irish Homing Union, K McConaghie, 38 Ballynahatty Road, Belfast, BT8 8LE Tel: 01232 644231
Serial letter 'n' rings to be reprted to J Hughes, 34 Adelaide Avenue, Belfast BT9 7FY.
Serial letter 's' rings to be reported to S Lehane, 69 Lorcan Cresent, Santry, Dublin 9, Eire
NCFTTS Northern Counties Flying Tumbler & Tippler Society, Mr J Pearson, The Granary, Mill Lane, Topcliffe, Thirsk, YO7 3RZ Tel: 01845 577844/578455
OVERSEAS
BELGE Royale Federation Colombophile Belge, 39 Rue De Livourne, Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium, Tel: 00 32 2537 6211
FRANCE Federation Colombophile Francais, 54 Boulevard Camot, 59042 Lille, Cedex, France Tel: 00 333 200 68287
DV Verband Deutscher Brieftaubenliebhaber E V Essen, P.O. Box 1792, Schonleinstrasse 43, West Germany Tel: 00 49 201 872240
HOLL/NL Bureau NPO Landjuweel 38, 3905 PH Veenendaal, Holland Tel: 00 3131 8523391
PORT Federacao portuguesa De Colombophile, Rua Padre, Estevao Cabral No. 79, Sala 214/215,3000 Colmbra, Portugal
ARPU American Racing Union, Rick Phalen, Executive director, P.O. Box 18465 Oklahoma City, OK 73154 0465, USA Tel: 405 478 2240 Fax:405 670 4748
IF American Homing Pigeon Fanciers, R Smith, 289 West valley Stream Blvd, Valley Stream, N.Y. 580, USA
MALTA Federation of pigeon Racing Clubs Malta, Railway Avenue, Hamrum, Malta
SPAIN Real Federacion Colombofila Espanola, Eloy Gonzalo 34, Piso 7 Iz'da, 28010 Madrid, Spain