Has anyone else noticed that this year Wood Pigeons seem to have become more and more stupid and seem to be almost completely lacking in any type of road awareness ?

As for rabbits, well they'll always played chicken on country lanes in the evening around & after dark but now they've taken up the habit in bright daylight.

This week alone I've been had to brake and take avoiding action on several occasions to avoid hitting these birds as they stand on the road without a care in the world. Now if this were Heaven then I could understand they wouldn't have to fear anything and standing on the road would be fine, but in this world they are being killed as the feathers and bodies on the road testify. A blast with the hooter often works but headlights flashing are no use at all as they stand there like idiots as a 1+ton lump of UFO comes straight at them. I drove around 2 WPs yesterday and they were still standing on the road pecking away as I looked in my mirror.

The same goes for bunny rabbits, in the evening they stand on the road looking in one direction then just as you get closer to them they suddenly decide to run right across your side of the road, and what's more it's usually when there is no other traffic around apart from the one car/vehicle you happen to be driving.

Now I seemed to have developed some kind of built-in Wood Pigeon and Rabbit radar that seems to go off as soon as I'm within 1/4 mile or so of any type of wildlife that's on the road ahead of me

If I drive any slower I'll have the Mimsers flashing their lights at me and offering me free cups of caffeinated tea to drink to hurry me up as they slowly pass by !

Edited by MikeTorque on 23/06/2012 at 20:32