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Quievrain 19/04/2023 (ENG)

Arrivals with GPS Rings Quievrain 04/19/2023

Midweek Quievrain, taking advantage of opportunities that arise.
After driving to Quievrain myself on Saturday, now a midweek training flight with the courrier.
Released at 9:00 a.m. with sunshine and a NE wind, again NE, so hard work for the pigeons, but better that than a SW wind.
The short distance specialists started arriving at 10:35 a.m., then it’s always a bit of a wait for the long-distance fanciers.

At 10:39 a.m. they started arriving and came home like a train.
Within 10 minutes, 43/78 pigeons were back in the loft, and the last one arrived just after 3:00 p.m.

The GPS pigeons, two regulars and a newcomer.
The pigeons took a nice line. The blue one on the map is the same one that always takes the “straightest” line home. Today, too, only 10 km extra in the wings.

Map showing GPS flight paths of pigeons returning to Antwerp, with color-coded markers indicating different routes.

If we look at the details of the Port of Antwerp, we see that they curve slightly around the docks again.

Map showing GPS tracking of pigeons' flight paths and arrivals near Antwerp, including routes and locations marked in different colors.

For the sake of completeness, here is an overview of the arrivals:

Table displaying detailed arrival times and identification of racing pigeons on April 19, 2023.

A slightly less detailed report on the GPS rings, due to a lack of time 🙂