Almost a century ago when railways were in the ascendancy, their effect upon birdlife was being noted (Barbour 1895) long before the internal combustion engine had had a significant effect upon our road system. From my research of literature, the problems of wildlife and automobiles seemed to come suddenly to public notice in 1927, with articles on the subject appearing in both Britain and the USA (Hadley 1927; Sutton 1927; White 1927).