mariawinspear
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Found a bird ring and the letters are Gb 85 z61114 found in Gunthorpe Nottinghamshire
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l found a bird ring in Gunthorpe Nottinghamshire and wondered if you could help identify it . It is pink (1 Viewer)
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Hi Maria, we have moved your thread to a forum where you can hopefully get a better response to your question.
cheers,
Andy
cheers,
Andy
mariawinspear
New member
No no bird
Jon Turner
Well-known member
Gb = Great Britain
85 = the year the ring was put on I think - so pretty long-lived!
The rest of numbers etc will identify that particular bird.
Try contacting the British Racing Pigeon Association, with those details.
85 = the year the ring was put on I think - so pretty long-lived!
The rest of numbers etc will identify that particular bird.
Try contacting the British Racing Pigeon Association, with those details.
jmepler
It's just a flesh wound.
Pretty long-lived is an understatement. Assuming that the pigeon was recently deceased, it would have been 35 or 36 years old. The oldest recorded pigeon was 32 years old.
Here is a link to report a stray (including deceased) pigeons. The Royal Pigeon Racing Association | Stray Reporting I think it is safe to assume that the bird is no longer alive.
JoeGBirder
Photography and birding enjoyer
what exactly is the pigeon racing society? i'm going to assume it's not literally pigeons racing across a track (as cool as that would be)
They're all released at a particular location, all at the same time. Then they fly back to their roost and timed on arrival.
That, really, is about as much as I know.
That, really, is about as much as I know.
PYRTLE
Old Berkshire Boy
Used to be very competitive when I was a boy back in the 60s. Generally considered a working class interest but Her Majesty had a great interest and I recall a huge loft with full time staff. A top bird could fetch tens of thousands of pounds not so long ago. Neighbours on the near council estate ( that is what it was called back then ) would create pigeon lofts in the back gardens sacrificing essential space for growing vegetables and spent hours training their feathered interest. Sadly, lost pigeons are generally viewed by their owners as useless.
