Close the beak: an angry greenhorn will fight the wrong bird

Paul Sawer, a 50-year-old photographer from Saxmundham, Suffolk, said: “Dannock was just standing on the railing and a pinch approached the bouquet with his head down, his wings raised and his beak open, which is a dangerous posture.

“The bitch faced the finch and squatted to move. The finch kept coming towards the finch, which retreated to avoid the beak.