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.
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.”
Taken in Sanderstead, Surrey.
Taken in Guildford, Surrey.
I was amazed not to find a dead seagull outside on the path.
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.
There is an eerie beauty in the ghost like image."
Taken in Edwalton, Nottingham.
Taken in Chafford Hundred, Essex.
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.
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.
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.”
Taken in Havelock Walk, Forest Hill, London.