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. Airshows bring increased summer flight activ...

Hot Spot 3 took place today from Bubwith (137m 248y). The 559 birds were liberated at 10:40am into a WNW wind, and “cleared brilliant”.  The first birds arrived back at 1.48pm, and the top 10 is below. Click on the image to see the full result. Click...

You may now pre-order your GB25 rings, at discounted prices until 30th September. Click on the appropriate image below to download the order form, and send that to us with a cheque/postal order for the appropriate amount. For other multiples of rings...

Hot Spot 2 took place today from Worksop (103 miles 1210 yards). 595 birds were liberated at 11.00am into sunny conditions, flying into a light SW headwind, and cleared great online.  Jeremy’s estimate of 2.5 hours was almost spot on – the first bird...

The auction of the RPRA One Loft Race 2023 Young Birds on our dedicated auction website ended last night.   If you won one of the lots, you will have received an email giving details of how to pay for the bird, and once you have paid you will receive...

Helping each other to keep down costs and encourage positive public relations Now that the young bird season has begun, I would like to remind our members that there are rules governing the repatriation of our birds, and the most important is the win...

The British Homing World is a weekly publication for all pigeon fanciers in the British Isles, and to that aim we welcome race reports from every organisation throughout Britain. To simplify the Race Results pages, we updated the automated submission...

There are a large number of RPRA liberation sites with a maximum daily vehicle limit or that require pre-booking. These conditions are set by the site authorities and it is very important that they are adhered to, otherwise the sites will be withdraw...

The pigeon loft at King’s Hawford School, Worcester, featured on the BBC‘s Great Railway Journeys last night. Click on the image above to watch the episode on iPlayer.

New Cases in England and Wales Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry at the following premises on 8 August 2025. A 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone has been declared surrounding each of the premises....