Birds poo more often on black cars??

MommaSarah

Hi folks,

I'm new to this forum and not sure if this is the right place to ask, but do you find that the birds tend to poo on black cars more often than on other colours?? I just bought a black car and already had to clean it a few times, it's driving me mad , I don't remember having such a problem with a gold or a red car..... and it's not like it's parked under a tree or something...... my hubbie even has a theory that tis is because the black car heats up more than other colours and when birds fly over it the heat causes them to drop the surprise......... have ye noticed this with your black car?

Jim Bob Scratcher

MommaSarah wrote: »

Hi folks,

I'm new to this forum and not sure if this is the right place to ask, but do you find that the birds tend to poo on black cars more often than on other colours?? I just bought a black car and already had to clean it a few times, it's driving me mad , I don't remember having such a problem with a gold or a red car..... and it's not like it's parked under a tree or something...... my hubbie even has a theory that tis is because the black car heats up more than other colours and when birds fly over it the heat causes them to drop the surprise......... have ye noticed this with your black car?

Sure ya are :pac:

TomSweeney

Maybe cos white bird crap is more noticeable on a black car ???

TomSweeney

ah!! , just noticed 1 post, join date today.

OK tell us OP, the car is a 182 Bentley yeah ?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Hi and welcome;)

Halfords actually did a survey on this in 2016 and found red vehicles made up 18 percent of cars marked by birds, while blue followed along in second place at 14 percent. Green vehicles got off the easiest, making up just 1 percent.

Black was in the mid range.

MommaSarah

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Sure ya are :pac:

Hey, I was reading other posts on this forum and I kinda thought tis is the way to introduce yourself...

Franz Von Peppercorn

Nikolai Rotten Spyglass wrote: »

Hi and welcome;)

Halfords actually did a survey on this in 2016 and found red vehicles made up 18 percent of cars marked by birds, while blue followed along in second place at 14 percent. Green vehicles got off the easiest, making up just 1 percent.

Black was in the mid range.

Odd. I suppose they just don’t like boy racers.

MommaSarah

TomSweeney wrote: »

ah!! , just noticed 1 post, join date today.

OK tell us OP, the car is a 182 Bentley yeah ?

Haha!! I wish it was... it's only a Ford...

Stigura

MommaSarah

Nikolai Rotten Spyglass wrote: »

Hi and welcome;)

Halfords actually did a survey on this in 2016 and found red vehicles made up 18 percent of cars marked by birds, while blue followed along in second place at 14 percent. Green vehicles got off the easiest, making up just 1 percent.

Black was in the mid range.

Very interesting research...... although my wine-colured citroen wasn't as badly treated by the birds as this one

BuboBubo

****iiinn seagulls.

*shakes fist at sky*

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

MommaSarah wrote: »

Very interesting research...... although my wine-colured citroen wasn't as badly treated by the birds as this one

As most birds defecate as they take flight, where the car is parked is the only factor that determines if one car gets hit more than others.

uck51js9zml2yt

Is it a race thing?
What colour are the birds vandalising the car?

Kevin Finnerty

Nikolai Rotten Spyglass wrote: »

As most birds defecate as they take flight, where the car is parked is the only factor that determines if one car gets hit more than others.

You learn something new everyday. So they mostly ßhit on take off?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

You learn something new everyday. So they mostly ßhit on take off?

Yes, it reduces weight.

Capt'n Midnight

You know the boom is back when even a pigeon can put a deposit on a BMW

Graces7

The most bird-messed car I ever saw was bright red. Covered in the stuff.... Car park at Tesco in Westport.. Looked like measles in reverse, or even chicken pox.. Oh! I made an unintentional pun!!!!!

Beanntraigheach

Lick it off.
Saliva makes it come away easily.

cournioni

My brother, who is constantly giving out about his car (black) being shít on by birds in his car park, especially after washing it, drove home and this fella landed on his bonnet... (see attached).

He was actually giving out about them prior to seeing the bird on his bonnet, which makes it all so much funnier!

Fr_Dougal

MommaSarah wrote: »

Hi folks,

I'm new to this forum and not sure if this is the right place to ask, but do you find that the birds tend to poo on black cars more often than on other colours?? I just bought a black car and already had to clean it a few times, it's driving me mad , I don't remember having such a problem with a gold or a red car..... and it's not like it's parked under a tree or something...... my hubbie even has a theory that tis is because the black car heats up more than other colours and when birds fly over it the heat causes them to drop the surprise......... have ye noticed this with your black car?

New car?

Well la dee daa! No recession here!

Capt'n Midnight

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

New car?

Well la dee daa! No recession here!

Like I said earlier


You know the boom is back when even a pigeon can put a deposit on a BMW :pac:

Outlaw Pete

Mine's dark blue and they never leave it alone.

Never had bird s**t on me though, until last week that is, when my black jacket was hit twice.

Had a tip for a horse that day but wasn't going to do it, but as I'd heard it's apprently lucky for a bird to s**t on you, thought wtf, and the fcuker only went and won.

mcgrath1992

I just bought a new car few weeks back too and it's jet black but however i haven't had one bird take a dump on it yet and i live in the countryside surrounded by trees. My last car was gold though and the birds took a fair liking to that colour way more often than compared to my new one

lukesmom

Birds love black cars well I do

fancy pigeon

I don't discriminate what colour car to have a sh*t on, I'll have you know

StereoSound

I have a black car and it hardly ever got shat on by birds.

goose2005

dark-painted cars absorb more sunlight and so are warmer, this might attract more birds to them., especially as a hot car will create rising air

Pauliedragon

Christ even birds are being accused of being racist:p

Lia_lia

Nikolai Rotten Spyglass wrote: »

Hi and welcome;)

Halfords actually did a survey on this in 2016 and found red vehicles made up 18 percent of cars marked by birds, while blue followed along in second place at 14 percent. Green vehicles got off the easiest, making up just 1 percent.

Black was in the mid range.

Thought you were taking the piss but Googled this. It's a real survey!

I can confirm, as a red car owner, my car gets shat on by birds a lot.

Infact I got a carwash today after leaving it a few weeks because I felt guilty for getting a car wash during the hosepipe ban. But my car was an absolute state. Covered in bird poo! I have street parking on a busy city road so can't really wash it myself...also most places I can park it are under lamposts.

Brought it to a carwash where you put in coins to wash it yourself. Only spent a euro. Enough to scrub off the bird poo and rinse it. Will probably be covered again tomorrow morning knowing my luck.

fly_agaric

Nikolai Rotten Spyglass wrote: »

Hi and welcome;)

Halfords actually did a survey on this in 2016 and found red vehicles made up 18 percent of cars marked by birds, while blue followed along in second place at 14 percent. Green vehicles got off the easiest, making up just 1 percent.

Black was in the mid range.

Should that not be that 18 % of red cars (in a sample) have been bombed by birds??

I now feel quite sad for having taken the time to make a point on the internet about the nonsense result of a junk survey done for advertising purposes.:(

Donald Trump

What did you do to these birds that they are crapping on your car?


Maybe start calling them ladies rather than birds for a start