The RPRA’s 2026 Rule Book is now available to download by clicking on the image below.
Please note: We are no longer able to produce a Ring List under the Generalâ¦
The RPRA’s 2026 Rule Book is now available to download by clicking on the image below.
Please note: We are no longer able to produce a Ring List under the Generalâ¦
As the season approaches, a reminder that in addition to the requirements contained within our rules regarding pigeon releases around active civil airfields, members need to be aware of the airshow season.
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To avoid jeopardising official RPRA liberation sites all liberations MUST be booked and paid for through RPRA HQ.
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Bird Flu Updates New Case in England Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been confirmed at a commercial poultry premises near Pickering, Thirsk and Malton, Yorkshire. A 3km Protection Zone and 10km Surveillance Zone have been put in place aroundâ¦
The 130th Annual General Meeting of the Royal Pigeon Racing Association took place on Friday 27th February 2026. Download: Minutes of AGM Download: CEO’s Annual Report Download: Summary Accounts Tags: pigeon racing, RPRA
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Building on a Renewed Foundation Over the past two years, the RPRA has faced significant challenges. It has been a turbulent period, but instructive.
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Up-to-date versions of both the UK and Continental liberation site maps, showing major airports and sites with airfield restrictions in the UK, are available to download by clicking on the appropriate image below.
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Pat Mitchell RIP It is with great sadness that we advise that Mr Pat Mitchell has passed away. Pat was a long-serving RPRA Councillor, served as RPRA President 2005-2007, and was also President of the RPRA North East Region forâ¦
Five years ago RPRA Development Officer, Richard Chambers, travelled to Normandy with NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), where he met up with Signaller Harry Swann, to show him how to handle pigeons ahead of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings at Normandy on D-Day
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Five years ago RPRA Development Officer, Richard Chambers, travelled to Normandy with NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), where he met up with Signaller Harry Swann, to show him how to handle pigeons ahead of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Allied landings at Normandy on D-Day, 6th June 1944.
On Thursday 6th June, at 7.10am – exactly 75 years from the moment when Sword Beach was secured – Signaller Swann released a lone pigeon to mark the flight of Gustav, the carrier pigeon that was awarded the Dickin Medal for bringing back the first news of the invasion from Normandy. This time, our bird flew back to its loft in Portsmouth.
See the movie clip below of the original presentation of Dickin Medals to Gustav and Paddy in 1944.