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Ferals fly from a to b more than domestics don't they which kit more and circle. If you watch a race liberation they circle a good while before going so no wonder the peregrines get used to them it must be like ringing the dinner bell.

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25 minutes ago, gnipper said:

Ferals fly from a to b more than domestics don't they which kit more and circle. If you watch a race liberation they circle a good while before going so no wonder the peregrines get used to them it must be like ringing the dinner bell.

Precisely my thoughts. Never kept them but every time I see pigeons flown from the loft they circle about like a mobile peregrine buffet.., plus they’ll not be streetwise to predators like a feral.

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mCHulls peregrines they’ll only test themselves against the best 

My Old man’s a pigeon man we were raised to despise them and cats it’s more sparrowhawks he gets bothered with around the doocot but it’s peregrines that will ruin your Saturday morning waiting to time a bird in especially if they hit them at lib point 

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Could it be that racers hit power lines, and sometimes they are so exhausted after a race they are an easy catch ?

I don’t know, I not a pigeon fancier but my brother is and hates hawks and falcons.

Cheers.

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5 hours ago, Bendigo said:

15 rings I've picked up in August from under a nest in the town centre.

We onder why they don't catch the ferals that are there in their thousands 

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Ferals are often rung as well mate used to shoot sack loads as a kid around the docks and most were rung used to get a couple of quid for handing them in at the local pigeon club 

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6 hours ago, Bendigo said:

15 rings I've picked up in August from under a nest in the town centre.

We onder why they don't catch the ferals that are there in their thousands 

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That’s interesting…. We’ve got them in town about a mile away as the crow flies , don’t know how many homing pigeons come through bath daily ..but How many pigeons would a peregrine get through in a month ? . Because if that’s all that’s left of a ringed one , there’s no way of knowing how many ferals it’s caught in that time ( if you get my drift)  , so yo7 could be holding half the diet , or a quarter of it …. 

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1 hour ago, Greyman said:

Ferals are often rung as well mate used to shoot sack loads as a kid around the docks and most were rung used to get a couple of quid for handing them in at the local pigeon club 

Off topic but weren’t you tempted to go and see the white tailed sea eagle down chew earlier this week ? 
Without transport at the moment and having been off work last week with a chest infection made my choice for me lol. 

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35 minutes ago, Franks dad said:

Off topic but weren’t you tempted to go and see the white tailed sea eagle down chew earlier this week ? 
Without transport at the moment and having been off work last week with a chest infection made my choice for me lol. 

First I’ve heard about it mate ironically I was down that way last week osprey seems to becoming a more regular visitor to the lake in the village near me also a few harriers on the foreshore 

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7 minutes ago, Greyman said:

First I’ve heard about it mate ironically I was down that way last week osprey seems to becoming a more regular visitor to the lake in the village near me also a few harriers on the foreshore 

Ffs I nearly put a post up and tagged you , but thought you’d know already and thought who else would be interested…

wish I had now … 

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

The rare sighting of the bird of prey in the West of England attracts crowds of birdwatchers.

 

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I'd think peregrine's don't feed on ferals because the ferals are all at low level around towns and buildings. Peregrine's hunt from height and drop at high speed so they want their prey up in the air. Racing pigeons probably come through at just the right height 

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