michaelro

Travelled to Devon this weekend and had 2 near misses with birds on dual carriage ways.

Both times the bird realised it was going to hit and just avoided it at the last second!! The second one looked like a large owl

Was travelling at 80+ so would have done a lot of damage

Hit a pigeon before at much lower speeds, but even that went through the numberplate and into the radiator

Anyone else hit one?

HankScorpio

I hit a pigeon a glancing blow once and it left a perfect dust print on the screen but flew away afterwards. Must have smarted tho.

Look on you tube for the evo that hit the seagull, that made a mess.

Leslie

I hit one at 350 mph in Germany once and it shattered a bullet proof windscreen!

Les

Simon C

The parents had a Buzzard come through the windscreen of a Mini in the 70's.

Now Mini's aren't the biggest of cars, and this came through talons first.

dpb

Car in front on dual carriage way clipped a seagull over the weekend , did his best to avoid it - but he was having that dead rabbit come what may

I almost felt sorry for him as he sort of cartwheeled sideways and landed somewhere behind my car

..well i did untill i was woken up by his bros squaking their beaks off at 3.30 am

i passed by on the same road yesterday and all thats recognisable are the red/yellow legs

pimmo2000

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I hit a black bird in my old clio .. stopped and looked back and all the other black birds were around it, as if egging it on to fly off.. I went back and it was still breathing, so I had to kill it .. after a 16 hour night shift.. I was pretty broken up over it ..

pimmo2000

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YouTube - EVO IX Hits Seagull at 180mph

Leslie

I would feel the same way Pimmo.

Les

Steve vRS

I once saw half a rabbit still trying to pull it's broken body across a carriage way with another rabbit beside it sniffing it

I drove on for a mile, but then turned around to go and finish it off. By the time I got there, it was a completely flat rabbit and bouncing across the fields with the black rabbit of Inle.

Steve

j4ckos mate

my missus hit a wood pidgeon a couple of road down form our street, the feathers were there for days afterwards but no bird.
it must have survived but it cant have had many feathers left

ALi-B

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Hit a few wood pigeons over the years; no damage, just a bit of blood, LOTs of feathers, and blocked intercooler

Very nearly hit a Pheasant which jumped out of a henge on a blind bend. I was doing 60mph and figured that would damage the car and knew nothing was behind me, so did a full on emergency stop. Still impressed at my reaction speed - as were the passengers

Suffice to say, BMWs do emergency stops far far better than Imprezas If I was driving the latter, I would have been looking at some bodywork repair bills shortly after - especially after finding the cold performance of the "fast road" pads I was using was grossly inferior in stopping performance.

Simon C

I'm waiting to join the "whats ramemd itself down my scoop" club.

Living out in the sticks, it shouldn't be too long.

Will

YouTube - golfer kills seagull

Removed.

I hit a herring gull, big seagull to you townies, on my Honda CB250RS at about 40-45, it splatted on the nice hot engine. It smelt like bad fried chicken for weeks.

Torquemada

I was once 'stalked' and swooped on half of the way home back to Helensburgh from Glasgow, late at night, by a feckin massive Barn Owl or something akin to that. Made me laugh llike a bastid all the way home, made a change from the usual

That was the trusty M reg Rover 214si, again Birds loved it

speye91

Travelling from Gateshead to Richmond Castle to fit a Stairlift,we hit a Grouse about 75mph.Smashed the hell out of the Windscreen.Pulled over to hard shoulder,i was covered in glass.It hit directly where i was on the passenger side.Phoned Gaffer,and he told us to carry on and start the job,then i would drive back and get replacemend screen fitted.

Pulled into Ricmond Castle,and there was a group of 6-7 yr olds on a school trip..a few were pointing at the van,and after that a few started crying.

Little did we know the Grouse was still wrapped around the front of the roofrack.

Into a bag it went,and my Boss had a great Supper that night.

Janspeed

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Hit a couple of pigeons, seagulls (daft birds, very hard too), and some sparrows.......makes me feel bad, as long as none of the engines explode!

rossyboy

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I know there are no speed limits on some autobahns, but thats just taking the ****

dpb

youd imagine at that sort of velocity the bird would be deflected

danny c

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lol i live in devon in the sticks and have to avoid rabbits,phesents,pigeons with death wishes all the time in the lanes! last one i had a black bird decided to impale itself in my rad!was a bit warm and stiff when i went to pull it out!!

dpb

Used to live in a place ( 20 years ) called Conyer - which literally means rabbit warren in latin

On our way to Sea Scouts my colleagues ole man driving vdub camper would aim to kill. At that age i kind of thought it was cruel ( 12) , but it wasnt

Janspeed

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That would be very handy!

Janspeed

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This is why it would be handy:

YouTube - ThomsonFly 757 bird strike & flames captured on video

ScoobyWon't

I used to live in a place where I called most of the inhabitants "coño"

Janspeed

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Maybe "cabron" too?

pimmo2000

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I think you need to post in the adult section for things like that ...

Leslie

Would you believe there is a low flying speed limit in Germany and they have speedcams to catch the planes!

Les

Leslie

We thought that too, but the canopy on the B(I)8 Canberra sticks up above the fuselage so its a bit more vulnerable. We used to get more in the engines as Janspeed said, but the Avon engine was pretty resistent to them thank goodness.

Les

Janspeed

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They dont make them like they used to!

These new "cowled props" can be fragile................

Leslie

Thats a nasty thought, would not enjoy losing a blade one little bit-that would shake your teeth out!

Les