Birds stuck in the front of cars!

[Or888t]

Just walking though a car park a few minutes ago, and saw a silver golf r32 mk2, seemed to have a bit of a crash so looked down it had a whole dead pigeon in the mesh on the low front, neck drooping.
Didn’t take a picture because I’m pretty squeamish and it was awful.
Never seen anything like it to that degree, so is it that common?
And what have you seen squashed in the front of cars?!

[Arese]

Last week walking through the works car park, noticed a nice '10 plate A3. With a little bird head first in the grille. My colleague took a picture but I'm not sure putting it on this thread will add any value!

[skene]

Mate once had a cat stuck arse first in the lower opening of his bumper, looked kinda weird when he came towards you

[camp freddie]

Several years ago, I had girl that struggled to get out of the Smart Roadster I had at the time. She was wearing a micro mini and heals. Does that count?

Edited by camp freddie on Wednesday 28th April 16:38

[standfree93]

Earlier this month, while on a local Aberdeen pistonhead run, driving down the coastal road, we were at Inverbervie, and out of nowhere, a cat run out on the road, cars were going about 50-60mph and the back legs of the cat go squashed by the oncoming car. I looked back to find the cat dragging itself off the road.

[The Curn]

I currently have a sparrow stuck in the front grill of my car. Or at least I did when I left home this morning - forgot to look if it was still there when I got to work.

Hoping it has fallen out.

[sebhaque]

Mate of mine hit a bird and there were feathers dotted all around his grille.

My cousin hit a deer (well, he swerved to avoid it and just clipped it's head with the wing mirror). He had an antler wedged around his mirror for the next few days.

[alfa pint]

My dad drove home with a pheasant wrapped round the front wishbone - being the squeamish type he made me clean it up. The head had fallen off at the bottom of the drive and I saw a cat run off with it, leaving me to deal with about 6" of spine hanging out what was left of the body.

[J-Tuner]

standfree93 said:

Earlier this month, while on a local Aberdeen pistonhead run, driving down the coastal road, we were at Inverbervie, and out of nowhere, a cat run out on the road, cars were going about 50-60mph and the back legs of the cat go squashed by the oncoming car. I looked back to find the cat dragging itself off the road.

Harsh.

[Or888t]

Properly awful, kind of wish i had took a picture now, made it a picture thread.
But this way it stops people vomiting. haha

[bramley]

I arrived at work years ago in my golf rallye and someone pointed out I had a blackbird wedged in the bumper. It stank as it had been there a while pressed up against the rad After the jokes about having a new front wing I pulled it out. In bits.

[alfa pint]

bramley said:

I arrived at work years ago in my golf rallye and someone pointed out I had a blackbird wedged in the bumper. It stank as it had been there a while pressed up against the rad After the jokes about having a new front wing I pulled it out. In bits.

If anything's stuck in the radiator, best to let it act as a seal until you can get to a garage....mate of mine made the mistake of pulling the bird out and found himself stranded as all the water fountained out. He was lucky not to scald himself....

[speedyman]

whilst driving into work one morning a pigeon flew right in front of me. I thought that was close and didn't think anything more of it.
When I got to London fifty miles later and parked up I found the bird hanging by its neck dead on the roof rack

speedyman

[monthefish]

standfree93 said:

Earlier this month, while on a local Aberdeen pistonhead run, driving down the coastal road, we were at Inverbervie, and out of nowhere, a cat run out on the road, cars were going about 50-60mph and the back legs of the cat go squashed by the oncoming car. I looked back to find the cat dragging itself off the road.

Did anyone stop to help the poor thing?

[ScottishSamurai]

monthefish said:

standfree93 said:

Earlier this month, while on a local Aberdeen pistonhead run, driving down the coastal road, we were at Inverbervie, and out of nowhere, a cat run out on the road, cars were going about 50-60mph and the back legs of the cat go squashed by the oncoming car. I looked back to find the cat dragging itself off the road.

Did anyone stop to help the poor thing?

IIRC Traffic was quite heavy, I wasnt far infront of them in another car. Wouldn't have been a good place to stop sadly

[standfree93]

ScottishSamurai said:

monthefish said:

standfree93 said:

Earlier this month, while on a local Aberdeen pistonhead run, driving down the coastal road, we were at Inverbervie, and out of nowhere, a cat run out on the road, cars were going about 50-60mph and the back legs of the cat go squashed by the oncoming car. I looked back to find the cat dragging itself off the road.

Did anyone stop to help the poor thing?

IIRC Traffic was quite heavy, I wasnt far infront of them in another car. Wouldn't have been a good place to stop sadly

Yeah the traffic was really heavy, me and Ian were at the back, poor thing though.

[MiniMan64]

That was at an airfield track day last year, he had to drive home like that and all as it wouldn't come out.

[AstonZagato]

I was driving my Rangie a while back when I saw two blue tits race across the front of my car. 60 miles later I stopped only to find one of the birds hadn't made it. It was stuck, very dead, with its head through one of the hexagonal holes that make up the grille. I pulled on the body to get it out and the head fell off...

[V8mate]

Once saw a pigeon hanging out of the headlamp of a train. Head had gone through the glass into the headlamp unit, body hanging out.

[Pothole]

camp freddie said:

Several years ago, I had girl that struggled to get out of the Smart Roadster I had at the time. She was wearing a micro mini and heals. Does that count?

Edited by camp freddie on Wednesday 28th April 16:38

She's a Doctor, or one of them faith healers?