Birdstrike Proceedures
My current employer insists on an engineering inspection for every time a birdstrike occurs - no matter the size of bird, where it hit the aircraft or whether the birds remains were found intact or not.
This has led to an aircraft being tech away from base following an altercation with a swift which glanced off the leading edge whilst the plane was landing. The incident was reported by another aircraft at the hold and the poor birdie recovered by an airport ops vehicle. The crew inspected the wing and could see a small smudge on very close inspection.
At great cost and delay to all concerned an engineer had to be flown out to inspect the wing and sign off that there was no damage.
In my previous employment, if this scenario had occured the pilots were trusted to communicate with LMC and sign off the incident in the tech log.
What happens in your company ???.