This blackbird was showing evidence of trauma to its chest, looking like it had escaped a sparrowhawk attack and

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Size: 4709px × 3237px
Location: Warrington Cheshire England UK
Photo credit: © Simon rowlands / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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