Scully Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Have just returned from a 13 mile trip on the A66 and counted 17 pheasants, 3 badgers, 3 rabbits, 1 duck, 1 partridge and what looked like a woodcock but couldn't be sure, dead on the road or its verges. What a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickyh Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 No Hedgehogs though! They used to be a common sight, roadkill Hedgehogs are counted to determine actual numbers. No roadkill is wasted, it soon disappears, think Red Kite up this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 I am seeing more and more road kill deer whilst driving around rural Norfolk . I am seeing the dead ones killed instantly . I wonder how many more are lying up injured in the hedgerows and dying slowly . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 The A66 is surrounded with some big shoots so roadkill of game birds has allways been high. What stretch were you on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Have just returned from a 13 mile trip on the A66 and counted 17 pheasants, 3 badgers, 3 rabbits, 1 duck, 1 partridge and what looked like a woodcock but couldn't be sure, dead on the road or its verges. What a waste. You ought to drive more carefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Have just returned from a 13 mile trip on the A66 and counted 17 pheasants, 3 badgers, 3 rabbits, 1 duck, 1 partridge and what looked like a woodcock but couldn't be sure, dead on the road or its verges. What a waste. You mean you didn't stop to pick them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Was the partridge in a Pear tree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Just been on the news about tailbacks on the A66 caused by a "Sunday driver" watching the wildlife rather than concentrating on the road ahead and getting his foot down. KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Just been on the news about tailbacks on the A66 caused by a "Sunday driver" watching the wildlife rather than concentrating on the road ahead and getting his foot down. KW Its a Land Rover, they don't do getting your foot down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 I very nearly ran into the back of a horse drawn gypsy caravan on that road a few years back, they were heading to the Appleby horse fair and I was heading home. Always does seem to be some road kill on it, fortunately that day it did not include a horse or the occupants of the caravan. I have seen a dead horse on it though, abandoned by the gypsies and hit by an artic'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo90 Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 I used to know an avid fox shooter....... He once drove his landy up the hard shoulder of the A1 chasing a fox. When I lived down south, in buckinghamshire I had some rough shooting at the side of the A5, I shot a fair few wounded CWD and muntjac that had been injured by cars (broken legs etc..) And ended up stuck in a field at the side of the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 No Hedgehogs though! They used to be a common sight, roadkill Hedgehogs are counted to determine actual numbers. . You can thank old brock for that. Ive not seen an odge pig dead or alive for four years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilR Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 I used to know an avid fox shooter....... He once drove his landy up the hard shoulder of the A1 chasing a fox. When I lived down south, in buckinghamshire I had some rough shooting at the side of the A5, I shot a fair few wounded CWD and muntjac that had been injured by cars (broken legs etc..) And ended up stuck in a field at the side of the road Would that be close to Woburn? I believe the Muntjac first escaped from the deer park at the Abbey and they spread outwards from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrclark Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 You can thank old brock for that. Ive not seen an odge pig dead or alive for four years. We have plenty wee hedgers here, yet no badgers.....just an odd coincidence or a causal relationship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Its a Land Rover, they don't do getting your foot down. Correct. I have often picked them up in the past, especially for ferret food in the colder months, but I was in a bit of a rush to get back today and there was a bit of traffic about. As has been mentioned there are many shoots surrounding the A66 along its entire route, (I was on the stretch between Penrith and Appleby) so it's not uncommon to find roadkill at any time of year, but it was just the sheer number of pheasants which caught my eye so decided to count them on the return trip. The biggest shoot locally which is directly against the road will possibly be Jenkies at Whinfell, where the Center Parcs holiday park is located. Grrclark mentioned horse drawn gypsy caravans on the A66. It's not that long ago, maybe 3 or 4 years, when an artic ran straight into the back of one and wiped out the entire family, just outside Appleby. As a result there are now signs come June warning of such all the way from Scotch Corner in the East to Carlisle in the North and most routes in between. Can't say I've noticed an increase in badger carcasses, but it's been a long time since I've seen a hedgehog, flat or otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil82 Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 few lads around here give me a call when there`s a deer hit, bit of knife work, throw it in the back of the truck and hope there`s enough space in the freezer!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Is it legal to pick up road kill, I thought I read somewhere a few years back that you can be done for poaching even if you didn't run it over.Going to google see what I can find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Adam Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) All I see dead everywhere is badgers. I'm beginning to wonder how they aren't endangered. To add to the above I thought they changed the law to say that even if you hit something now you could pick up. Edited March 27, 2015 by Sir_Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Is it legal to pick up road kill, I thought I read somewhere a few years back that you can be done for poaching even if you didn't run it over.Going to google see what I can find. I thought you could pick it up as long as you weren't the one who ran it over, but maybe that's just anurban miff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Googled it and it's a minefield,you can pick it up if car in front hit it but not if you hit it,then it may belong to the highways agency but they won't be bothered if someone is cleaning up the highways for them lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmytree Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Just pick it up and don't waste the meat! Deer, pheasant, anything that isn't mashed is ok. Leave them bloody cyclists though, they're ******* to skin, smell awful and there's no meat on 'em. Just shovel them in the ditch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Just pick it up and don't waste the meat! Deer, pheasant, anything that isn't mashed is ok. Leave them bloody cyclists though, they're ******* to skin, smell awful and there's no meat on 'em. Just shovel them in the ditch. Bike might be worth something down the scrappies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Pheasants at this time of year have only one thing on their mind females and fighting,forgetting about their own wellbeing, allways notice more dead male pheasants on the roads in spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Pheasants at this time of year have only one thing on their mind females and fighting,forgetting about their own wellbeing, allways notice more dead male pheasants on the roads in spring. Wonder how many times ack-ack has been ran over lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Pheasants at this time of year have only one thing on their mind females and fighting,forgetting about their own wellbeing, allways notice more dead male pheasants on the roads in spring. Interestingly I've noticed a higher than usual number of hen pheasants on the side of the road this spring. Maybe there are fewer male pheasants this year or maybe it's the hens that are doing the chasing round our way...?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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