RACING PIGEONS – IMPACT OF RAPTOR PREDATION

Table 3.2 Loft populations and total losses from 31 monitored lofts during 2002 race season
OB Losses YB losses OB + YB
Region Loft Combined Region OB YB Loft Train Race Total % Loft Train Race Total % Total %
Ayrshire 1 Ayrshire 60 78 2 5 37 44 73 3 6 26 35 45 79 57
Ayrshire 2 Ayrshire 23 65 0 6 13 19 83 5 18 27 50 77 69 78
Ayrshire 3 Ayrshire 30 40 3 8 6 17 57 12 4 4 20 50 37 53
Ayrshire 4 Ayrshire 12 51 0 0 9 9 75 5 11 27 43 84 52 83
Ayrshire 5 Ayrshire 53 47 2 0 22 24 45 2 0 32 34 72 58 58
Dumfriesshire 1 Dumfriesshire 62 80 6 22 10 38 61 3 13 42 58 73 96 68
Dumfriesshire 2 Dumfriesshire 38 30 5 2 10 17 45 5 8 10 23 77 40 59
Dumfriesshire 3 Dumfriesshire 29 90 0 11 7 18 62 22 17 31 70 78 88 74
Dumfriesshire 4 Dumfriesshire 80 70 2 0 20 22 28 0 6 46 52 74 74 49
Dumfriesshire 5 Dumfriesshire 35 64 1 4 8 13 37 0 2 42 44 69 57 58
Dumfriesshire 6 Dumfriesshire 76 70 42 15 28 85 112 49 23 40 112 160 197 135
Dumfriesshire 7 Dumfriesshire 120 60 0 2 4 6 5 1 7 24 32 53 38 21
Dumfriesshire 8 Dumfriesshire 40 40 1 5 10 16 40 2 4 20 26 65 42 53
Dumfriesshire 9 Dumfriesshire 45 32 0 6 20 26 58 2 2 na 4 13 30 39
Dundee 1 Dundee/Fife/Perth 36 50 3 6 13 22 61 4 14 10 28 56 50 58
Dundee 2 Dundee/Fife/Perth 80 140 4 15 23 42 53 5 35 67 107 76 149 68
Fife 3 Dundee/Fife/Perth 30 46 5 4 11 20 67 4 12 16 32 70 52 68
Fife 4 Dundee/Fife/Perth 93 92 3 2 29 34 37 4 18 17 39 42 73 40
Fife 5 Dundee/Fife/Perth 64 68 14 4 10 28 44 ? 4 ? 4 6 32 24
Fife 6 Dundee/Fife/Perth 40 60 2 0 24 26 65 6 36 na 42 70 68 68
Fife 7 Dundee/Fife/Perth 48 60 4 18 18 40 83 24 6 6 36 60 76 70
Fife 8 Dundee/Fife/Perth 44 35 0 7 6 13 30 0 10 na 10 29 23 29
Perth 9 Dundee/Fife/Perth 97 120 8 6 51 65 67 6 60 32 98 82 163 75
Dunbartonshire 1 Dunbartonshire/Stirling 24 50 0 10 9 19 79 16 12 20 48 96 67 91
Dunbartonshire 2 Dunbartonshire/Stirling 86 98 3 8 35 46 54 6 10 36 52 53 98 53
Stirling 3 Dunbartonshire/Stirling 52 84 6 0 30 36 69 ? ? ? ? ? 36 27
Stirling 4 Dunbartonshire/Stirling 92 50 4 5 7 16 17 0 1 2 3 6 19 13
Stirling 5 Dunbartonshire/Stirling 86 110 0 3 23 26 30 0 8 45 53 48 79 40
Stirling 6 Dunbartonshire/Stirling 40 70 25 10 14 49 123 25 20 35 80 114 129 117
Stirling 7 Dunbartonshire/Stirling 60 70 5 5 30 40 67 2 0 40 42 60 82 63
Stirling 8 Dunbartonshire/Stirling 58 52 5 6 8 19 33 4 11 8 23 44 42 38
Mean 56 67 3 6 18 26 53 5 12 26 41 60 67 56
Median 50 60 3 5 13 22 57 4 10 27 39 65 67 58
Three lofts (shaded light grey) excluded from analysis due to losses being greater than the loft population at start of season, or due to other data anomalies.
At one loft (shaded dark grey) only 26 of 120 OBs actually raced; % losses in training and races therefore based on 26 OBs.
At 3 lofts no YBs were raced (na).
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