Below is an amusing collection of bird imprints.

But first, the original imprint of the poor owl.

Ann Colgan: “I was upstairs when I heard an almighty crash.

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I found this imprint on the bedroom window.

Taken in Holyport, Berkshire.

It was not until a few days later when my daughter came round that we saw the imprint.”

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Taken in Sanderstead, Surrey.

Taken in Guildford, Surrey.

I was amazed not to find a dead seagull outside on the path.

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It must have flown off - I would think with a dreadful headache!"

Taken in Budleigh Salterton, Devon.

Photo taken by Sally Morton, near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire.

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There is an eerie beauty in the ghost like image."

Taken in Edwalton, Nottingham.

Taken in Chafford Hundred, Essex.

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Taken in the Lake District.

Kate Schreiber said her father-in-law saw an owl print on his bedroom window in Effingham, Surrey.

Barry Howard: “Imprint of pigeon after collision with patio door.

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We have at least one bird strike against a window each year and it’s always a pigeon.

There’s such a loud bang it’s surprising they manage to fly away but they do.”

Taken in Mudeford, Dorset.

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Ian Watson: “This picture was taken at my sister’s house in Attleborough in Norfolk, UK.

you could see a collared dove outline on the window.”

John Hull: “Not so spectacular as the owl.”

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Taken in Havelock Walk, Forest Hill, London.

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