Hot Spot 4 took place today from Alnwick, 176 miles 111 yards. The 43 birds were liberated at 09:30am in a slight west wind. The first 10 back were as below – click the image to see the full result. Click here for the Hot Spot 4 pools and prize results. Click here for the […]
Stray reporting issue
We are currently experiencing a problem with strays reported through the website by finders with a hotmail or gmail account. Users of these email accounts are reporting that they are not receiving the email message giving the details of the owner. For the time being, while we investigate the issue, if you use a hotmail […]
One Loft Young Birds 2024 Hot Spot 3
Hot Spot 3 took place today from Blaydon, 146 miles 747 yards. The 50 birds were liberated at 7:45am in a moderate west wind. The first 10 birds back were as below – click on the image to see the full result on the Benzing Live site. Click here for the Hot Spot 3 pools […]
John Robilliard RIP
With great regret, we report the death of former RPRA President John Robilliard, at the age of 92. John was President from 1996 to 1998, but it was arguably for his work with the BHW Show of the Year that he was more widely known. Current show chairman, David Trippett, writes: “It was with deep […]
One Loft Young Birds 2024 Hot Spot 2
One Loft Hot Spot 2 took place today from Richmond (113m 1257y). The birds were liberated at 07:00am into a light SW wind: The first birds arrived back at 09:42, and the first 10 home are below. Click on the image to see the full result. Click here for the Hot Spot 2 pools and […]
One Loft Young Birds 2024 Hot Spot 1
RPRA One Loft Race Hot Spot 1 took place today from Wetherby (77 m 152 yds) – 141 birds were liberated at 8am into a slight south westerly breeze with broken cloud. The first 10 home were as below – click on the image to see the full result on the Benzing Live website. Click […]
Additional Loft Location Method Available
A third method of plotting your loft location was approved by the RPRA Council at the Annual General Meeting in 2023. As used in applying for a CPH number, Defra’s Magic Map may also now be used to map your loft in either OS Colour Mapping or Aerial Photography modes. In the same way as […]
New West Midlands Region Secretary
The RPRA West Midlands Region has a new Secretary, with immediate effect. He is Cliff Sterland, 186 Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0AR. Cliff is on 07395 460566 (10am – 3pm, weekdays) or at [email protected]
2025 BHW Show of the Year
Preparations for the 2025 show are now well under way and already the Committee have held two meetings in Askern to consider arrangements. The Gala Evening is booked at The Viva Nightclub, and the acts reserved, as well as meetings with the Winter Gardens being ongoing to ensure that all will be in place. Having […]
Text-based stray reporting facility
You can now report a stray GB-rung racing pigeon by SMS text message. You just need to format your message as, for example: ‘GB22L12345 injured’ and text this to 07888 860186. Within a few seconds you will receive a text back giving confirmation of the reported ring number and phone/email contact details for the owner. Make […]