"When I was little I would follow my dad around feeding the birds and looking after them," explains Harry. The 12-year-old from Malton, North Yorkshire, has become an enthusiastic pigeon fancier, ...

A pigeon fancier who is being evicted from his allotment by Network Rail says it has been "heart-wrenching" to sell his birds. Mick Ready was told in August that the rail provider wanted to close the ...

A pigeon fancier’s drug dealing operation was busted by police after his love of birds gave away the location of his loft. Stephen Gildea, 37, was caught after police tracked down his home after he ...

A man who has been racing pigeons for decades has been forced to give up the sport because of a feather allergy. Jason Dempsey, from Maryport, Cumbria, got into the hobby when he was just eight years ...

During the First World War, Allied birds outperformed their rivals and saved thousands of lives–all thanks to the efforts of one London pigeon fancier Mike Dash The British pigeon known as Crisp VC ...

A small white pigeon raised its head from between Terry Gier’s fingers. It’s a Valencian Figurita, he said, first bred in Spain centuries ago. Behind him, around 20 other pigeons lounged in cages — ...

There are lots of hobbies to choose from — playing golf, playing a musical instrument, gardening, swimming. Let’s add raising pigeons to the list. It seems some ‘pigeon fanciers’ take their hobby very ...

Along with the Brunner pouters, flying rollers, Chinese owls and Portuguese tumblers, Fred Herr of Willow Street had brought his Mini-Indian fantails to the old fire hall in Manchester, York County.

BEIJING, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Yu Yuguang's heart beats faster every time he stands on his roof, eyes trained to the sky waiting for one of his pigeons to pass through the trap door of its home loft.