SOLWAY NEWS by Jimmy Graham Wollaston - September 2014 The last Young Bird race was flown from Wollaston on Saturday 6th September. Liberated at 12.00 into a light North-West wind, the leading four birds made velocities of just into the 1100s. This was the Federation Open race…

SOLWAY NEWS by Jimmy Graham Stafford - August 2014 The Solway Federation (49/621) was down at Stafford on Saturday 30th August. As you can see the birdage is way down with only 621 making the journey this week. The birds were liberated at 11.30am into a light West wind and the…

SOLWAY NEWS by Jimmy Graham Lymm - August 2014 The Solway Federation (67/1237) was down at Lymm on Saturday 23rd August. The birds were liberated at 10.00am into a light North-East wind and they homed with velocities into the 1100s. Many losses were reported throughout the…

SOLWAY NEWS By Jimmy Graham Charnock Richard - August 2014 The Solway Federation (69/1294) was down at Charnock Richard on Saturday 16th with a convoy of only 1294 birds, a drop of 1121 birds from the week before. This of course is due to the many losses we've suffered over the…

SOLWAY NEWS by Jimmy Graham The Solway Federation (88/2415) was down at Ingleton on Saturday 9th August, a distance of seventy-one miles from my loft. They birds were liberated at 10.15am into a light West wind. The leading ten birds in the Fed all had velocities in the 1300s.…