Lovely cycling moments...

moonio

Cycling through Greenwich park at dusk, seeing a fellow cyclist stationary in the middle of the main carriageway through the park, I slow down to see whats wrong.

There is a lump in the road next to the cyclist and I realise he was guarding a stunned baby squirrel in the middle of the road using his bike with full lights as a shield to passing cars...

How sweet was that???

downfader

If it was grey he should have left it. Horrible virus they spread

chuckcork

So he was guarding vermin then? Rats with fluffy tails?

Sheeesh.

Can I suggest the only sane thing to do is grab it by the tail, pick it up, thwack a few times into something solid, job done?

UnworthyPapaLazaru

I saw a cat minus its head splattered over the road the other morning. I quickly deduced that it had been hit by a car. Probably couldnt call that lovely though. Sorry for ruining your thread.

linsen

I cycled past 3 or so miles of stationary traffic yesterday on my way home yesterday. Had it not been for the totally mashed car that caused it, that would've been one very long lovely cycling moment.....

Jen J

UnworthyPapaLazaru wrote:

I saw a cat minus its head splattered over the road the other morning. I quickly deduced that it had been hit by a car. Probably couldnt call that lovely though. Sorry for ruining your thread.

I saw two crows trying to drag a squashed squirrel to the side of the road, whilst trying to avoid the same fate themselves...

AndyManc

This thread started off with much promise .................... :roll:

Tranced

Todays toll....
Rode past 2 dead badgers, a dead fox & numerous dead squirrels, rabbits & rats today.
Even a dead polecat.
There's more dead stuff to be seen here than live wildlife in Africa.

always_tyred

Tranced wrote:

Todays toll....
Rode past 2 dead badgers, a dead fox & numerous dead squirrels, rabbits & rats today.
Even a dead polecat.
There's more dead stuff to be seen here than live wildlife in Africa.

You didn't cycle past any "Danger Keep Out" signs did you?

UnworthyPapaLazaru

I saw a cat minus its head splattered over the road the other morning. I quickly deduced that it had been hit by a car. Probably couldnt call that lovely though. Sorry for ruining your thread.

UnworthyPapaLazaru

That is the oddest double post ever, look at the distance between the two!

moonio

Tranced wrote:

Todays toll....
Rode past 2 dead badgers, a dead fox & numerous dead squirrels, rabbits & rats today.
Even a dead polecat.
There's more dead stuff to be seen here than live wildlife in Africa.

That's terrible whats happening to our wildlife...

nwallace

Yesterday I saw a lion rip the head off a Meercat, a load of fish getting eaten up by a whale and the remains of a cow on a plate served up with gravy and potatoes.

I should probably stop watching nature programmes while eating my tea.

Grey Squirells like rats and pigeons are fair game, though you probably don't want to eat any of them thesedays.

Living in Red squirrell land I rarely see Greys.

always_tyred

The mad old woman who threatened to shoot me the other week said good morning and warned me about some broken glass yesterday. Which was lovely.

downfader

Always Tyred wrote:

The mad old woman who threatened to shoot me the other week said good morning and warned me about some broken glass yesterday. Which was lovely.

Throwing bottles at cyclists again is she?

nwallace

Squirrels in Dundee

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tay ... 668039.stm

However

However, Mr Neil is concerned that some people do not understand that if a grey is trapped it must then be killed.

He said: "Grey squirrels are by law pest animals and therefore if you catch a grey squirrel you are legally obliged to dispatch it.

"We have suspicions that people have been catching grey squirrels in their gardens because they do a bit of destruction to bird feeders and we've even had instances of them chewing through boards and getting into people's lofts and chewing through electrical cable.

"We're slightly concerned that people have been trapping them in traps and bringing them up to the park and letting them go and it's illegal to do that.

"People must understand that if they're catching greys they actually have to either contact someone who can dispose of them or do it themselves - that's the hard facts of the law."