Found a Pigeon?
Found a lost pigeon?
First ensure the bird has some water available, and give it some seed in case it’s hungry (parrot seed is fine, or even some rice, if nothing else is available try bread, pigeons do not eat meat.)
Check the bird’s legs for a registration ring (lifetime band made of anodized aluminium or plastic). Some breeds have long foot feathering ,so you may have to hunt through this to find it, often in these breeds the ring may be up high on the thigh. Once found write down all the numbers and letters on the ring.
If the letters “NPA” or “ANPA” appear, you are in luck, as the ring was issued by the Australian National Pigeon Association (ANPA) and can be traced to the the club and individual who bought the batch the ring number was in, and thus bred the pigeon.
To search out the owner of an NPA or ANPA rung bird yourself, check out the Ring Registry.
List_of_Pigeon_Rong_Numbers_Jan_2012.pdf (194.1 KiB, 553 hits)
Important Note: If the ring does not have the letters NPA or ANPA, you will need to check other sources. if the ring has a clear plastic protective coating, it probably is a racing pigeon. So you will need to check for Racing Pigeon clubs on the web, or in the telephone book under clubs and societies.
You could also try visiting the following link:http://www.southys-pigeon-links.com/lost-pigeon-contact-list.php
Below are some state contacts for Racing pigeons. Always start with the club closest to you first. Good Luck and thank you for taking the time to help this bird.
General racing pigeon enquiries (try this number first) 1300 766622 OR EMAIL.
Melbourne racing pigeon ring secretaries:
Victorian Homing Association (VHA) Ann & Steve Letch (03) 97204094
Western Pigeon Federation (WPF) John & Pauline Pulis (03) 93524815
Victorian Racing Pigeon Union (VRPU) Dennis Brown (03) 93591234
NSW – Allen Wonson (02) 9644 7613
S.A – R Kearns (08) 8252 9377
QLD – Ron Spragg (07) 3848 7659
W.A. – Lost bird Officer (08) 9487 3768
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Found a sick bird in Darwin, Northern Territory. Had to be put to sleep for humane reasons. Red metal tag on leg reads: MOH PH 93870344 50
The MOH is tiny at the top, the 50 is larger than the rest. If anybody can help me to contact the owner of this bird it would be greatly appreciated.
Nicole: 0417892201
Found pigeon on Sunday19/9/2010 in wollongong
Tag white with black writing – 2088 ANP 1300766622
Left a message on 1 300 number, no reply, called several times just get same recording.
If someone doesnt call me m0410624041 by tomorrow I will give bird to rspca or let it go?
TAG 2232 2008
Found pigeon on Sunday19/9/2010 in wollongong
Tag white with black writing 2232 —- ANP 1300766622
Left a message on 1 300 number, no reply, called several times just get same recording.
If someone doesnt call me m0410624041 by tomorrow I will give bird to rspca or let it go?
lost a pigeon on 24th of april wihte donek hen
Found on September 11th
Pair of pigeons in Menai Area, one bird was pure white with no tags, the other is two tone in colour, Fawn brown head with white body spotted with brown. It has 2 green plastic tags on its legs,on the left leg is a red plastic tag above the green. If you have lost these birds please contact Jennifer on 0400 289 130
Hi there,
We’re a vet clinic in Lane Cove, Sydney, NSW.
A member of the public dropped off an all white pigeon last week that was unable to fly. Band no is 09 ANPA 3072.
I suspect it has some soft tissue injuries and thus is not yet able to fly. I can’t feel any fractures anywhere. It is very bright and eating and drinking well.
It is not a racing pigeon, we suspect it’s a show pigeon.
If anyone knows the owner of this pigeon or is interested in taking this pigeon, please call our clinic on 02 9428 3375.
Cheers
Prue
If you check the ring again it will also have an alphabetic letter
which will help to find the breeder .
My apologies.
It’s 09 C 3072
To Prue , if you havent found owner yet try ph. 02 49342329
WHITE PIGEON FOUND
Hi we have a white pigeon that has taken up residence under our back pergola for the last two days in Bonython (southern suburb of Canberra) . It is snow white and has a yellow band on its left leg. Cant see any numbers on the band as it won’t let us get close enought to check it out.
Phone number for enquiries is 0412 882 810
Hi, we found a pigeon on our back deck on the 5th Sept. It has the following band details: ANPA 09 B7729. It is a beautiful white and speckled bird. We have given it free run of our covered back deck during the day and it hasn’t taken off to fly home (we bring it inside at night given the cold Canberra nights at the moment). Is anyone missing this beautiful bird? We are in Gungahlin, ACT.
Cheers,
Marcus
Hi , if you try Hunter Valley Pigeon Club Ph. 02 4934 2329
you may find the owner .
I don’t have this pigeon but I came across it sitting in a dead tree on 28/8 while I was birdwatching in western NSW. It looked like a disoriented racing pigeon – what we used to call a ‘blue bar’. Orange plastic bands both legs, thin blue band below on R leg. Digits just before the words on R leg were “2 (probably) 54″.
Lost pair of white Carrier, in Scoresby area day ago with ANPA white rings. if you could email me neting@hotmail.com Thanks
Hello. If any one has found a white dove with big brown eyes, lost in Ivanhoe in Melbourne, Victoria, could you please kinldy contact me at: christina888999@gmail.com
Thank you
HI
We have a flock pigeons which have taken up residence at our house. We live in Yeppoon, Queensland. The rings on their legs just say Loft Rings 2009 1343. Can you please help locate the owners as there has already been two that we have found dead in our yard and they are also making a terrible mess of our house.
Thanks
Amanda
We have a visiting pigeon on our verandah. It has two bands; left leg -dark grey band. The right leg band is blue with the letters RIV the year 2007 and the numbers 1866.. We can be contacted on (02) 99396215.
found a pigeon with MVHC- TAS RING NO 757 2009
2/8/10
IF YOU WISH TO CONTACT ANTHONY ABOUT THE BIRD PLEASE CALL 0419140721
Hi,
I found a pigeon under my car this morning. He’s(or she) moving quite slow and doesnt seem to have the power for flight. He’s got a band on his leg. Seems to read “gtr9597s167.17″ from limited searching it looks like the bird shown at this link.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anpa-pigeons/4582788098/
Ant help would be great. Its eating and drinking and making a huge mess but i cant just put him out.
Cheers
Daniel Ph 0404001154
Hi I have had a black Pigeon on my verandah for 2 days now. It seems healthy and can fly, but is staying with us for the moment . It has 2 rings on its legs, 1 red the other white with these numbers
ANPA-B- 09-13686
I am in the Royal Nation Park in Sydney.
It looks lonely !!!!
Hi Leonie ,
I passed your contacts onto Tony Dessmann , he is the ring secretary of the PFS.NSW and sold that ring . He will have details of the owner .
You could contact him on 9606 5619 or tdessmann@vtown.com.au
Regards , Bob GRANT .
I have found a pigeon its number seems to read- APA 43793 (with what appears to be to number 90 sideways between the letters & numbers).
Where do you live Sam? What does the bird look like?
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Well done! It’s unusual to get service as good as this these days. I also rather like the idea of being given 5 minutes in which to edit messages before they get posted. I’m sure we’ve all hit the “send” button prematurely in the past.
Brad, would it be possible to reverse the order of these messages (and also those on the general page) so that the most recent message is on top? It would save having to scroll down and would be in keeping with normal convention for these types of listings.
Regards, Peter T
Hi Sharon ,
The band ( 07A 2366 ) was sold by PFS of NSW , you could contact Tony Dessmann – 9606 5619 or tdessmann@vtown.com.au . If you advise of your suburb , he might arrange for collection .
Regards , Bob GRANT .
Thank you Bob, I have already contacted Tony. I now have an address to check for the owners no phone number though.However, it will be very hard as our family have grown quite attached to the little bird and I am sure it to us as it follows us around outside and it has made no attempt to leave. It has been here for over 2 weeks!
3rd time lucky I meant to say the ring is NPA 07 A 2366
Sharon