The 13-year-old bird first made headlines back in 1998, when Mr Reardon gave her to a friend in Algeciras, southern Spain, after retiring from breeding racing pigeons.

• 这只13岁的鸟首度登上头版，要回溯到1998年，李尔顿退休不再饲养赛鸽后，把她送给西班牙南部阿尔赫西拉斯的一个朋友。