Yesterday morning I was walking the dog when I heard the sound of a blackbird it was the alarm call but seemed quite slow and low in looking closer into the hedge I could see it was two males and the one making the sound was stuck by its wing in the branches of the hedge.

At first I was thinking that one bird was trying to release the other but could see the upper blackbird was attacking the one stuck and was trying to peck at its eyes.

This was obviously Male blackbirds fighting to establish a territory or one of the males defending its territory, as we are getting near the nesting season I was guessing this was more to do with breeding than over food, the upper bird flew off when it saw me and the bird stuck in the branch was looking exhausted.

The bird hung there by its wing and after a while it started to breathe heavily, once or twice it tried to free its self and soon became weaker, I am afraid I could not leave it there but it was hard to reach but with the aid of a stick I managed to move the bird upwards and it flapped about as I tried to free it, I did succeed and it half flew and half fell into the garden beyond, I do not know if it survived but I gave it half a chance.

Nature can be cruel at times and birds will fight to death over territory, but sometimes they can be amusing like the blue tit that insists in coming in to our garden and for the last two years has been attacking or courting I am still not quite sure its own reflection in a window, I have managed to get this on film and excuse me at the beginning but wait 40 seconds for the blue tit to appear and you will see what I mean.