The young homing pigeon was supposed to fly to Majorca from Ibiza. Instead, it landed on Sable Island, a windswept sandbar some 300 kilometres off the Nova Scotia coast.

More than 1,000 pigeons from across the West of England are being prepared to play their part in the VE Day celebrations.The Paulton Homing Society in Somerset is among many groups across the UK ...

Racing pigeons that were liberated in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day have arrived home. More than 1,000 ...

The Paulton Homing Society in Somerset is among many groups across the UK racing pigeons across the English Channel on Saturday 3 May. During World War Two pigeons played a vital role in ...

She added: "People gave their racing pigeons up to be part of the war effort ... setting a record homing time of four hours and 50 minutes Bill Edwards from BICC said modern-day fanciers are ...

The role of pigeons during World War Two has been remembered as owners gathered for the start of a pigeon club's racing ...

And right up until the invention of the telegraph, in 1844, homing pigeons remained the ... pricetag was the record for most expensive racing pigeon sale. As of December 2020, the sale of New ...

People would raise homing pigeons to race them—they ... ‘We’ll carry on raising our racing pigeons, but we can turn them into RAF racing pigeons.’ There was a military purpose to them ...

Racing pigeons that were released in Normandy to ... Many were awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery. The Paulton Homing Society in Somerset was one of many groups from across the UK which raced ...