Eastbourne convoyers report

Wed, vote postponed 12hrs
Thurs 7am ,vote was 3-0 to go ,forecast good ,plenty of sun with very strong ssw winds.
Off to yard for 4pm birds travelling to coltersworth ,we're birds watered up by1 am,,
Fri,travelling with water on,birds arriving on site by 1.30pm.rewatered by 2pm,birds FED at 4pm
SAT up at 4.45 full cloud on site ,but blue patches looking WEST, 5.30am skies breaking up, breezy on site,birds up at 5.50 am ,clearing well.,after 5 mins heard a bird in wagon ,on finding this bird there was more in basket than had not come out,so lifted basket out of wagon to liberate them,on release 2 perigrine falcon were all over them approx 5 to10mins after our lib.no birds were caught,but they weren't together anymore,,at 6.30 scottish national club libbed approx 400 birds.upon lib they also were attacked ,the perigrrines were not in site when lib took place,but were there within seconds,their birds were all over skies as they were diving in and out ,never saw any birds taken at any time but it did break birds up all over,on getting back home and talking to lads it wasn't long before I knew it was a disaster for most,so I rang the Scottish org, on that evening and their president confirming they had a pretty similar race to ours,on that I assume their was an attack on our birds allong the road,after i stopped watching,as i defo never say an attack on our birds ,weather was perfect for them,
Peter matthews ,convoyer