The Pigeon Fancier

The Pigeon Fancier

Pigeon fanciers (keepers) are growing in number in the UK and the USA. There are over 50,000 of them in Britain, most of whom also race their birds. The Queen is a pigeon fancier with over two hundred birds on the Sandringham Estate which regularly race other...
The Message

The Message

During the first world war when tanks were used for the first time in warfare, the only means of communication between the crew and their HQ was a hand-written message attached to a homing-pigeon’s leg. Enjoy this photo-art based on an original photograph from...