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Pigeon Loft
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Every afternoon round about 4pm, give or take an hour or so, a flock of what I think are pigeons, flies round and round for about half an hour.
I reckon there are about 30 birds in this flock and they’re pale underneath but not white, so I don’t think they’re doves, and have pale grey heads.
Anyone know anything about pigeons? Might these be racing pigeons exercising? Is that something a pigeon person would get their flock to do?
They seem a bit too regular to be a random clump of flying birds, it’s got me a bit puzzled.
I reckon there are about 30 birds in this flock and they’re pale underneath but not white, so I don’t think they’re doves, and have pale grey heads.
Anyone know anything about pigeons? Might these be racing pigeons exercising? Is that something a pigeon person would get their flock to do?
They seem a bit too regular to be a random clump of flying birds, it’s got me a bit puzzled.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I would say these are definitely racing pigeons Vagus. My father kept and raced them successfully for 65 years (and trained the carrier pigeons during the war). He used to let them out daily for exercise and clean the loft out whilst they were flying. He used to put a sack on a pole in front of the loft and they wouldn't land till the sack and pole had gone which explains why they fly around, circling the loft, for a certain length of time. Sadly (because no one bothered about masks) my father died of "pigeon fanciers lung" but he WAS in his eighties and his birds were his life. Hope this info helps.