Bird Attack
Bird Attack
Last Friday I'd just reached the top of Oving Hill thinking now my troubles are all over, when this feller tried to land on my head..three times, but nowadays there's not as much left to grab onto so amongst much furious tweeting and wing flapping he alighted on a nearby parked car, from where he appeared to be hurling avian abuse at me.
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- Bird with attitude.
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some ones budgie or parrot lost looking for its owner?
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This afternoon my wife was following a quick roadie from Epsom grandstand through Langley Vale.
She was patiently waiting to pass when he sat up to negotiate the speed bumps. As he did that a woodpigeon took off and hit him hard on the side of the head and he shot across the road but corrected so no harm done but he did look shaken up.
I ran into a herd of deer one night in Richmond Park so what are your animal encounters?
She was patiently waiting to pass when he sat up to negotiate the speed bumps. As he did that a woodpigeon took off and hit him hard on the side of the head and he shot across the road but corrected so no harm done but he did look shaken up.
I ran into a herd of deer one night in Richmond Park so what are your animal encounters?
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I think mine was pining for the fjords.
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Perhaps he was just defending his territory against an invading puffin 
High on a cocktail of flossy teacakes and marmalade
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Hi
Were you in hi-viz yellow? Mirror on the handlebars?
Maybe he spotted a potential mate/rival
Regards
tim-b
Were you in hi-viz yellow? Mirror on the handlebars?
Maybe he spotted a potential mate/rival
Regards
tim-b
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I was attacked by a buzzard once.
Not a nice event at all.
Good job I was wearing a helmet!
http://www.bikeweb.org.uk/newsarchive14.htm
Scroll down to May 2005
Not a nice event at all.
Good job I was wearing a helmet!
http://www.bikeweb.org.uk/newsarchive14.htm
Scroll down to May 2005
Mick F. Cornwall
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Been buzzed by nesting terns several times. They can draw blood and my brother got a nasty wound on his scalp last year. Fortunately he was on foot at the time as could have come off if cycling.
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ambodach wrote:Been buzzed by nesting terns several times. They can draw blood and my brother got a nasty wound on his scalp last year. Fortunately he was on foot at the time as could have come off if cycling.
You should have left no tern unstoned...
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661-Pete wrote:You should have left no tern unstoned...
IGMC.
Yeah then they couldn't fly straight! ( if at all)
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Skuas will go for you too, though they don't have talons and tend to go for impact rather than pecking, so the only time it hurt was when it ploughed into the camera lens and knocked the camera into my eye.
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Geese once on a cycle way in Germany, TOH went through them first and it took a little longer for me to get up the courage to, as he never fails to remind me whenever the subject of geese comes up.
And also a pheasant once when out running, it just wouldn't go away and they can run quite fast.
And also a pheasant once when out running, it just wouldn't go away and they can run quite fast.
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andrew_s wrote: the only time it hurt was when it ploughed into the camera lens and knocked the camera into my eye.
Yes, but a great photograph!
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That's a budgie. Poor little thing was wondering why you wouldn't pick her up and take her to a nice warm safe cage.
Lost budgies always die if not rescued. Which is sad for the budgie, but probably a good thing in general. If they could survive in the wild here they'd probably become a pest.
Lost budgies always die if not rescued. Which is sad for the budgie, but probably a good thing in general. If they could survive in the wild here they'd probably become a pest.