Bird Attacks

2 watchers
Aug 2018
5:22pm, 26 Aug 2018
1,380 posts
  •  
  • 0
jamborigg
Wondering what if any thing's you can do to stop bird's attacks when out running. Feathered sort that is 😁 😁
Aug 2018
5:31pm, 26 Aug 2018
5,424 posts
  •  
  • 0
larkim
Don't leave a sandwich on your head when you leave the house?

(9 years of running, no bird attacks so I have no other useful advice!)
Aug 2018
5:35pm, 26 Aug 2018
33,023 posts
  •  
  • 0
Nellers
No idea. Ask Tippi Hedren.;-)
Aug 2018
5:48pm, 26 Aug 2018
2,681 posts
  •  
  • 0
K5 Gus
bonners had problems with seagulls back in 2016 and started a thread, might be some ideas in here fetcheveryone.com/forum__59197__1__how_do_fetchies_survive_seagull_breeding_season
Aug 2018
6:21pm, 26 Aug 2018
1,910 posts
  •  
  • 0
Fitz
A couple of summers ago one of my regular running routes took me past the domain of a decidedly dischuffed buzzard(*) which would do a few swoopy fly-bys VERY close to my head until I was well past whatever it was protecting - a nest, I assume.

The only ways to deal with it were either to run elsewhere or to be ready for the little buzzard and try not to be freaked out by the dive-bombing.

(*) I showed a video of a fly-by to someone who told me it was a buzzard, personally I wouldn't know my auk from my egret.
Aug 2018
11:27pm, 26 Aug 2018
35,103 posts
  •  
  • 0
McGoohan
When will bird owners learn to keep their birds on a short leash?
Jul 2019
10:57am, 1 Jul 2019
628 posts
  •  
  • 0
tonyp2604
Out yesterday - got dive bombed by a buzzard several times over a stretch of about 200-300 metres of a tree-lined lane out in the sticks. I have run through there dozens of times previously with no trouble but I have heard reports of attacks at that location. Spooked me a bit. I ended up shouting and waving my arms around to put it off and picked up a stick just in case!
Jul 2019
11:03am, 1 Jul 2019
1,605 posts
  •  
  • 0
RunningRonnie
Don't be a mouse/haddock.
Jul 2020
7:09pm, 2 Jul 2020
1,333 posts
  •  
  • 0
Paul N
Got dive bombed a couple of times by this guy this evening, came swooping down to about 6 - 10 feet above me.

This was the only photo I got, does not do it justice, wing span of a couple of feet.

Jul 2020
7:11pm, 2 Jul 2020
43,914 posts
  •  
  • 0
Derby Tup
Looks like a buzzard

About This Thread

Maintained by jamborigg
Wondering what if any thing's you can do to stop bird's attacks when out running. Feathere...

Related Threads

  • birds









Back To Top
X

Free training & racing tools for runners, cyclists, swimmers & walkers.

Fetcheveryone lets you analyse your training, find races, plot routes, chat in our forum, get advice, play games - and more! Nothing is behind a paywall, and it'll stay that way thanks to our awesome community!
Get Started
Click here to join 112,118 Fetchies!
Already a Fetchie? Sign in here