i bagged myself a couple of Grouse the other day on way to coast .... Feathers everywhere ... 70mph+front grille+grouse = carnage!!!
Just like to point out that the grouse season hasn't yet started, old chap! (lol)
... its illegal to pick up a road kill you made but legal for the person behind you to take it...
Dunno if that's the case in Scots Law, Bashabuddy, but it would still go in my boot as recompense for any damage caused. The stream of 70+mph traffic might be cause for a rethink, though!
I once had an evening encounter with a roe buck which landed on the bonnet of my brand new car (not a week old). I presume it had jumped the roadside fence just as I was approaching, but it still seemed like something out of a 1980's Caribbean novel. Magic Realism, or what?
It lay there on the shiny new paintwork with its wee hooves going as though still running, and dismayed not only by the fact that it seemed to be trashing my nice new motor but by what I saw at the time as my unfair advantage, I lifted it down and layed it on the road while stroking its head while I thought it was dying.
It suddenly came round and leapt straight over me, disappearing over the far wall and into the darkness of the woods, so judging by its spritely escape, I still hope there was nothing far wrong with it. I was astonished to discover the next day that there wasn't a mark on the bonnet.
Fortunately for the wee man and I, had he remained dazed for much longer I would have delivered him his coup de grâce and both he and I would have remained oblivious to our magical encounter.
I apologise for trying to steal your thread, Bashabuddy, and yes it was a wonderful weekend. I came on a delightful wee mixed woodland the other day, not a 15 minute drive from my house... 3 - 4 acres of oak, ash, willow and hazel, with its own badger set and studded with bright wee primroses and with bluebells, strawberries, rasps, a gooseberry and black/redcurrant starting to show green buds; and all enclosed by a dry stane dyke... and am going to make another post seeking advice on approaching the farmer/owner.
We are fortunate in Scotland with regard to Rights of Access, but I still believe we have a responsibility to be courteous and tactful.
I'm so excited I feel that my bladder might give way at any moment!
Cheers mate.