Dead animals on your commute

fenboy369
fenboy369 Posts: 425
edited September 2011 in Commuting chat
Lets see if we can build a comprehensive list of dead animals seen on the road or verge during your commute. Copy and paste the list below.

The below were seen on this mornings commute....

Mouse
Rat
Badger
Deer
Pigeon
Barn Owl
Pheasant
Various small dicky birds
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  • Phil_D
    Phil_D Posts: 467
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    No animal in it's right mind would live round here
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,445
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    Spider (getting my bike out the garage, it's a short commute these days)
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
    Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    Spider (getting my bike out the garage, it's a short commute these days)
    Wombat
    Wallaby
    Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...
  • shm_uk
    shm_uk Posts: 683
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    Spider (getting my bike out the garage, it's a short commute these days)
    Wombat
    Wallaby
    Squirrel
    Frog
  • CarlosDSanchez
    CarlosDSanchez Posts: 455
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    Spider (getting my bike out the garage, it's a short commute these days)
    Wombat
    Wallaby
    Squirrel
    Frog
    Seagul
    Dolan Preffisio
    2010 Cube Agree SL
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    Spider (getting my bike out the garage, it's a short commute these days)
    Wombat
    Wallaby
    Squirrel
    Frog
    Seagul
    Ring-necked parakeet
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    I've had a bacon sandwich before when commuting, can I add pig to the list?
    Sun - Rain - Snow
  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    Spider (getting my bike out the garage, it's a short commute these days)
    Wombat
    Wallaby
    Squirrel
    Frog
    Seagul
    Ring-necked parakeet
    Earwig - Squashed with cleat
    Hedgehog
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • Phil_D
    Phil_D Posts: 467
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    I've had a bacon sandwich before when commuting, can I add pig to the list?

    Only if you dropped it and then saw it on the road/verge
  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Phil_D wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    I've had a bacon sandwich before when commuting, can I add pig to the list?

    Only if you dropped it and then saw it on the road/verge

    I'm not sure this thread is worth wasting bacon for, to be honest.
    Sun - Rain - Snow
  • Long_Time_Lurker
    Long_Time_Lurker Posts: 1,068
    I have personally been responsible for the deaths of a mouse and a rabbit in the last month. :(
    (Hadn't hit any animals in the 20 years up to that.)
    2007 Felt Q720 (the ratbike)
    2012 Cube Ltd SL (the hardtail XC 26er)
    2014 Lapierre Zesty TR 329 (the full-sus 29er)
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Phil_D wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    I've had a bacon sandwich before when commuting, can I add pig to the list?

    Only if you dropped it and then saw it on the road/verge

    I'm not sure this thread is worth wasting bacon for, to be honest.

    Were you perhaps sick a bit - I once lost an espresso all over me top tube!
    Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    What about the people flogging a dead horse once you overtake?

    IGMC
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    Spider (getting my bike out the garage, it's a short commute these days)
    Wombat
    Wallaby
    Squirrel
    Frog
    Seagul
    Ring-necked parakeet
    Earwig - Squashed with cleat
    Hedgehog
    A Human body in the river (I shite ye not, found in the river exe on my way to work! :shock: :cry: )
    Officers don't run, it's undignified and panics the men
  • Phil_D
    Phil_D Posts: 467
    ^^ winner
  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    Phil_D wrote:
    ^^ winner

    what worse is that two days before a couple of my cadets found the hand which was originally attached to the body :shock: :shock: :shock:
    Officers don't run, it's undignified and panics the men
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,445
    I once saw a live deer, then a dead deer and a dead alfa romeo together. That was scary, the beast went right over my head.
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    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
    Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
  • ex-pat scot
    ex-pat scot Posts: 939
    Last Thursday - dead badger, then chased dwon a road by a live badger. He got quite a speed on!
    Lots of deer, ooccasionally dead ones, on the roads around my village. Pheasants everywhere
    Commute: Langster -Singlecross - Brompton S2-LX

    Road: 95 Trek 5500 -Look 695 Aerolight eTap - Boardman TTe eTap

    Offroad: Pace RC200 - Dawes Kickback 2 tandem - Tricross - Boardman CXR9.8 - Ridley x-fire
  • HoHoHoBlueGiant
    HoHoHoBlueGiant Posts: 85
    Snail - I carefully avoided it with my front wheel, forgot about the back :oops:
    Wind. Cold. Rain. Pick two.
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    A first for me on Saturday - a stoat. I had to look at Google images to make sure it wasn't a dead weasel. It had a really beautiful coat .
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  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    NGale wrote:
    Phil_D wrote:
    ^^ winner

    what worse is that two days before a couple of my cadets found the hand which was originally attached to the body :shock: :shock: :shock:

    Reminds me of a story up here a few years ago, where a fishing boat dredged up a headless torso. A few weeks later in a nearby location another fishing boat hauled up a head. The Police issued a statement saying it was too early to link the two :lol::lol: It turns out that once they did the DNA test, the two were not related!! :shock:
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    NGale wrote:
    Phil_D wrote:
    ^^ winner

    what worse is that two days before a couple of my cadets found the hand which was originally attached to the body :shock: :shock: :shock:

    Reminds me of a story up here a few years ago, where a fishing boat dredged up a headless torso. A few weeks later in a nearby location another fishing boat hauled up a head. The Police issued a statement saying it was too early to link the two :lol::lol: It turns out that once they did the DNA test, the two were not related!! :shock:

    Almost a 'real' version of the game of consequences.....legs of a chicken found in Loch Arran.....

    Looking for man bear pig....
  • chris_bass
    chris_bass Posts: 4,913
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    Spider (getting my bike out the garage, it's a short commute these days)
    Wombat
    Wallaby
    Squirrel
    Frog
    Seagul
    Ring-necked parakeet
    Earwig - Squashed with cleat
    Hedgehog
    A Human body in the river (I shite ye not, found in the river exe on my way to work! )

    4 ducks in a row!
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    NGale wrote:
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    Spider (getting my bike out the garage, it's a short commute these days)
    Wombat
    Wallaby
    Squirrel
    Frog
    Seagul
    Ring-necked parakeet
    Earwig - Squashed with cleat
    Hedgehog
    A Human body in the river (I shite ye not, found in the river exe on my way to work! :shock: :cry: )

    passed Ham common a few years back with a bloke being zipped up, where my wife works on the river get the odd body in the river from time to time.
  • Twostage
    Twostage Posts: 987
    roger merriman wrote:
    NGale wrote:
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    Spider (getting my bike out the garage, it's a short commute these days)
    Wombat
    Wallaby
    Squirrel
    Frog
    Seagul
    Ring-necked parakeet
    Earwig - Squashed with cleat
    Hedgehog
    A Human body in the river (I shite ye not, found in the river exe on my way to work! :shock: :cry: )
    I suppose we have to allow the human body just for the hell of it even though it wasn't on the road or hedgerow as per OP. I guess that trying to comply with the spirit of the thread would have involved some somewhat suspicious body dragging activity.
    I was going to add grey squirrel but then noticed someone already had that. Do we have anyone from the African continent ? zebra ?
  • oscarbudgie
    oscarbudgie Posts: 850
    I had to bunny hop over a dead rabbit once. Oh the irony.
    Cannondale Supersix / CAAD9 / Boardman 9.0 / Benotto 3000
  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    Twostage wrote:
    roger merriman wrote:
    NGale wrote:
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    Spider (getting my bike out the garage, it's a short commute these days)
    Wombat
    Wallaby
    Squirrel
    Frog
    Seagul
    Ring-necked parakeet
    Earwig - Squashed with cleat
    Hedgehog
    A Human body in the river (I shite ye not, found in the river exe on my way to work! :shock: :cry: )
    I suppose we have to allow the human body just for the hell of it even though it wasn't on the road or hedgerow as per OP. I guess that trying to comply with the spirit of the thread would have involved some somewhat suspicious body dragging activity.
    I was going to add grey squirrel but then noticed someone already had that. Do we have anyone from the African continent ? zebra ?

    ahhhh but it was still on my commute, just floating in the river next to the cycle path along which I cycle to work. :shock:
    Officers don't run, it's undignified and panics the men
  • CrackFox
    CrackFox Posts: 287
    Chris Bass wrote:
    Mouse
    Rat
    Badger
    Deer
    Pigeon
    Barn Owl
    Pheasant
    Various small dicky birds
    Cat
    Rabbit
    Fox
    Sheep
    Spider (getting my bike out the garage, it's a short commute these days)
    Wombat
    Wallaby
    Squirrel
    Frog
    Seagul
    Ring-necked parakeet
    Earwig - Squashed with cleat
    Hedgehog
    A Human body in the river (I shite ye not, found in the river exe on my way to work! )
    4 ducks in a row!

    Little Blue Penguin.

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