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:shake: but really sad as it was dead :shake: :(

Some bloke coming in the opposite directions could see it taking off in the road and then he did not break, so he hit, in a flurry of feathers the poor thing was tossed up and then landed in the road in front of me.

I braked, alas it was too late, poor thing was dead.

So I picked it up and bought it home. Such a pretty and majestic bird, so sad:'(
 
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I know, he could have braked as there was nothing behind him:shake: he just drove on as if nothing happened. :shrug:
 
It is such a shame when such a magnificent bird dies.

I had a strange experience a few years ago. I found a Tawny Owl by the side of the road whilst driving a HGV. It had obviously been hit by a car. Luckily it was still alive so i picked it up in my coat and took it to the RSPCA. Gave them some money and told them where it was found.

The next morning i was driving through the countryside at about 04-30 when all of a sudden i caught a glimpse of a bird but was too late and it hit the top of my roof. When i got to my destination i found a dead Tawny owl in the back of my truck dead.:|

The only 2 times i have ever seen a Tawny owl.
 
So sad.

I would have braked for the bird, but unless there is something human in my path, I will not swerve. I know this guy did neither, but if he had swerved out of the way, he could well have ploughed into your car, which would have been much much worse, so one positive to take out of it.

Do you need to report it to anyone, or do anything with the bird?
 
There are some really nasty people about and quite a few who don't pay attenion. Good on you for stopping :thumbs:

Regards

Richard
 
lawrie29 said:
So sad.

I would have braked for the bird, but unless there is something human in my path, I will not swerve. I know this guy did neither, but if he had swerved out of the way, he could well have ploughed into your car, which would have been much much worse, so one positive to take out of it.

Do you need to report it to anyone, or do anything with the bird?
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I believe you only have to report injury to animals which are classed as,

Horse, ass , sheep, goats, cattle, pig or dog
 
To be fair, most birds fly off at the last minute when you approach in a car. Maybe he thought the Buzzard would too.
I doubt he hit it on purpose, an animal like that can do a lot of damage to your car for one thing.

If you slammed the brakes on everytime a magpie was in the road, you'd never get anywhere.
 
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TCR4x4 said:
To be fair, most birds fly off at the last minute when you approach in a car. Maybe he thought the Buzzard would too.
I doubt he hit it on purpose, an animal like that can do a lot of damage to your car for one thing.

If you slammed the brakes on everytime a magpie was in the road, you'd never get anywhere.
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No, but you would slow down if you saw a biggish brown bird, could have been an owl, kite etc, :nono: The buzzard was actually trying to fly off.



As a rule I do not slow down if if it is a common old birdie like a magpie, etc. but if I saw a biggish brown bird which coul dbe a kite, buzzard or owl then I would slow down if it was safe to do so.

On the other hand if there is a rabbit in the road I accelerate.!
 
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That is a right git, not the way we wanted to get a buzzard. Flaming shame.
 
Briony said:
No, but you would slow down if you saw a biggish brown bird, could have been an owl, kite etc, :nono: The buzzard was actually trying to fly off.



As a rule I do not slow down if if it is a common old birdie like a magpie, etc. but if I saw a biggish brown bird which coul dbe a kite, buzzard or owl then I would slow down if it was safe to do so.

On the other hand if there is a rabbit in the road I accelerate.!
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:eek::eek::eek:

So where's the difference between a Buzzard and a Magpie then :shrug:

AND you accelerate for a rabbit.
Was that a joke?
 
Briony said:
:shake: but really sad as it was dead :shake: :(

Some bloke coming in the opposite directions could see it taking off in the road and then he did not break, so he hit, in a flurry of feathers the poor thing was tossed up and then landed in the road in front of me.

I braked, alas it was too late, poor thing was dead.

So I picked it up and bought it home. Such a pretty and majestic bird, so sad:'(
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'Tis a shame indeed but these things happen.
I have no idea what your intentions are with the carcass,
I suggest that you bury it and say no more about it.
( You are in a grey area here, infringing on the WLCA 1981 (& revised))
If you intend to keep it for any reason (Taxidermy etc) I suggest you contact DEFRA at Bristol and apply for an "article 10"
for the above reason ;)
 
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To be honest I don't brake or swerve for many things, it can be a dangerous reaction.
Perhaps the person driving the car didn't actually realise what it was, I have a nice dent in the front of mine from the kamikaze pigeons I encounter on a daily basis and TBH I would see movement but not necesarily register what it was if flying across.
I agree with Andy, can't see why anyone would accelerate to hit a rabbit or any other living thing :(
 
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Cos rabbits are a pest in the country, so the popultion has to be controlled on way or another.
 
lawrie29 said:
Cos rabbits are a pest in the country, so the popultion has to be controlled on way or another.
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Pretty sure there are better ways and could this not be construed as Dangerous Driving in the eyes of the law or in the very least Undue Care and Attention :shrug:
 
nigpd said:
I cant find the words to describe such a moronic idiot that wouldnt brake to allow any bird, let alone a buzzard, to take off away from danger :annoyed::annoyed::annoyed:
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What about those that accelerate to hit a rabbit?? :cuckoo:


I try not to hit any animal, but sometimes it happens. Ive hit a cat, a chicken, seagul, pigeon and few million butterflys. All were accidents, I would never purposely try and hit anything.
 
lawrie29 said:
Cos rabbits are a pest in the country, so the popultion has to be controlled on way or another.
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Well, foxes are their natural predator, but some folk seem to think those should be killed too :suspect::shrug::bonk: Nature (specifically population) is best left to itself, not 'managed'.
 
I hit a family of ducks about 5 years ago.... mate was following a bit close so was either brake and have him hit me from behind or carry on and hope they move out the way.

Unfortunately they didn't move :(
 
andy_fozzy said:
AND you accelerate for a rabbit.
Was that a joke?
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I doubt it' a joke. When I worked on a farm for a very short time, the farmers had precisely this attitude and did literally accelerate if they saw a rabbit, not sure about other birds though they would never do that for a bird of prey they said.

I don't think Briony is a Buddhist....

I think when you start making judgements like this on what you feel is morally right and wrong to kill, it's a slippery slope. Maybe I should run down any domestic cats I see as they kill a whole load of the wild birds near me....of course I won't though. But I'm no doubt a left wing townie communist hippie with no understanding of 'rural' affairs :)
 
Some sicko's on here :cuckoo: Those of you who advocate killing anything intentionally by driving into it ... bird, rabbit, magpie or whatever are seriously in need of help .... What gives you the right to decide what should be allowed to live or die? :thumbsdown:
 
Splog said:
Some sicko's on here :cuckoo: Those of you who advocate killing anything intentionally by driving into it ... bird, rabbit, magpie or whatever are seriously in need of help .... What gives you the right to decide what should be allowed to live or die? :thumbsdown:
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I am pretty sure that it is illegal to suddenly brake for an animal unless its a dog, I could be making this up so don't all jump on me :thinking:

The amount of people I have seen almost have an accident because of slowing down due to pheasants is silly....
 
Liam said:
I am pretty sure that it is illegal to suddenly brake for an animal unless its a dog, I could be making this up so don't all jump on me :thinking:

The amount of people I have seen almost have an accident because of slowing down due to pheasants is silly....
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Illegal or not is irrelevant ..... How can anyone have an accident by slowing down? :thinking: What difference does it make whether it's a dog, a rabbit or a child :shrug:
 
Pheasants round here seem to have no fear at all, hit 2 in the past week - first one smashed a foglight second one split my splitter/undertray thingy. All on the A120 - a full speed relatively busy dual carriageway. A couple of years ago my other half was driving to her parents and stopped to help an injured juvanile kestrel that had a broken wing and was clearly very distressed. This bloke stopped to help then lost interest when he saw what it was and offered to break its neck because it was a "murderous menace" - he kept racing pigeons and blamed a lot not making it home on raptors. I just can't understand the small mindedness of people sometimes.

Back to the Buzzard, that really is a shame. Was it a male or female and where abouts was it? You might want to let your local RSPB reserve know, as although the buzzard population is doing okay at around 40,000 breeding pairs they still like to know about any deaths.
 
You could always hang around at about the same time of day.... see if the same guy will brake for a housebrick ***






*** This is not a serious comment :)
 
purpleclouds said:
Well, foxes are their natural predator, but some folk seem to think those should be killed too :suspect::shrug::bonk: Nature (specifically population) is best left to itself, not 'managed'.
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That won't work - it has to be managed because it's so far out of natural balance.
 
purpleclouds said:
Well, foxes are their natural predator, but some folk seem to think those should be killed too :suspect::shrug::bonk: Nature (specifically population) is best left to itself, not 'managed'.
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Islander said:
That won't work - it has to be managed because it's so far out of natural balance.
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And who decides whether it works or not? Us humans :shrug:, so what god damn right do we have to decide that. It is precisely this attitude, and probably the coarse of actions that have been taken over many years, that has left the animal world in the so called unballanced state that we find today.

Back to the OP, sorry to hear that Nicky :( and with all due respect to anybody, if you drive at a sensible speed and are PAYING ATTENTION you would not hit anything of any reasonable size which was already in the road during daylight.
 
u8myufo said:
Back to the OP, sorry to hear that Nicky :( and with all due respect to anybody, if you drive at a sensible speed and are PAYING ATTENTION you would not hit anything of any reasonable size which was already in the road during daylight.
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This, totally.
I don't brake for wildlife often - that's because I rarely need to. It's amazing how well taking my foot off the pedal and a few of pips on the horn encourages wildlife to depart from the road before I reach their spot.
It's remarkably easy too and of course will not then cause any undue obstruction the the precious folk behind who would happily run them over.
But if I cannot do that brakes will be applied. I can brake for any reason I wish as long as it is done safely and under control - no laws against that!
 
Briony said:
:shake: but really sad as it was dead :shake: :(

Some bloke coming in the opposite directions could see it taking off in the road and then he did not break, so he hit, in a flurry of feathers the poor thing was tossed up and then landed in the road in front of me.

I braked, alas it was too late, poor thing was dead.

So I picked it up and bought it home. Such a pretty and majestic bird, so sad:'(
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Perhaps he was one of those criminal types who persecute raptors.
 
A car in front of us swerved off the road avoiding a rabbit, he rolled his car.

I'm assuming by not braking that he just didn't see the bird because
1. no one is going to risk damage to their vehicle deliberately
2. it's a natural reaction to brake

Was there low sun affecting vision?

As for the rest of the comments from Briony, I'm sure they were tongue in cheek
 
Well, I quite agree that the population has to be controlled one way or another, but I'm not thinking about rabbits....................

We see a lot of road kill around here. Mainly birds - all sorts including raptors and pheasants - badgers, foxes and occasional roe deer. Must admit, I will brake and/or take any other reasonable evasive action to avoid hitting anything if I can. It's not against the law, you just can't use it as a defence if you cause an accident.

Be careful if you do stop and try to help an injured animal or bird. Some of them can inflict serious injuries in their fear and pain. My daughter and a friend came across and accident where someone had hit a warthog on their way to Grahamstown in South Africa. They're a fair size and quite tough. This happened in the middle of nowhere, and the animal's back was broken, so the choices were limited. Another bystander said her husband had left his gun in the glove compartment of her car (illegal) so she borrowed it and shot the warthog. No other options, really.
 
TCR4x4 said:
What about those that accelerate to hit a rabbit?? :cuckoo:

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I try not to hit any animal, but sometimes it happens. Ive hit a cat, a chicken, seagul, pigeon and few million butterflys. All were accidents, I would never purposely try and hit anything.
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purpleclouds said:
Well, foxes are their natural predator, but some folk seem to think those should be killed too :suspect::shrug::bonk: Nature (specifically population) is best left to itself, not 'managed'.
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:clap:

Splog said:
Some sicko's on here :cuckoo: Those of you who advocate killing anything intentionally by driving into it ... bird, rabbit, magpie or whatever are seriously in need of help .... What gives you the right to decide what should be allowed to live or die?
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And who decides whether it works or not? Us humans :shrug:, so what god damn right do we have to decide that. It is precisely this attitude, and probably the coarse of actions that have been taken over many years, that has left the animal world in the so called unballanced state that we find today.

Back to the OP, sorry to hear that Nicky :( and with all due respect to anybody, if you drive at a sensible speed and are PAYING ATTENTION you would not hit anything of any reasonable size which was already in the road during daylight.

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If the OP comments were 'tongue in cheek' then please accept my apologies for opening this can of worms.

If not, I retract the above statement.

Anyone who purposely drives into ANY living 'thing' has a serious problem, and I find it somewhat disturbing.
I've accidentally hit a squirrel once in my car, and it was a really sickening experience. It made me feel quite crap for a while.
Ok, some may say it was just a squirrel, but I don't care. It was just a squirrel going about it's daily business, just as the buzzard was.
 
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Well Said!

I am ashamed to share the planet with some of the morons who post some of the arrogant garbage showing a total disregard for life.
 
u8myufo said:
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And who decides whether it works or not? Us humans :shrug:, so what god damn right do we have to decide that. It is precisely this attitude, and probably the coarse of actions that have been taken over many years, that has left the animal world in the so called unballanced state that we find today.
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Well like it or not, that's the state of the balance of nature in this country and it has to be managed to maintain it. Two examples: Rabbits do serious damage to crops and cause massive coastal erosion. They aren't even a native species - they were introduced by the Normans. Deer do massive damage to forests and woodlands - if they weren't culled you'd have a lot less to photograph and two of the problem species are also introduced. Mankind has been interfering with the balance of nature ever since we settled down and stopped being nomadic - in fact there's some evidence that we were interfering even before that. It's far too late to put the genie back in the bottle and so we have to manage what we have.

To the OP, it's unfortunate that animals do get hit by cars and equally unfortunate that there are some people that do so intentionally.
 
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