I always work on the principle of the bird is better at flying and more manouverable than I am. And by trying to manouver the plane you are just adding in more variables that the bird has to contend with.
Also at 400ft you don't have alot of height to play with so i would much prefer to keep the wings level.
I have had what felt like a frozen chicken bounce off the outside leading edge (I didn't know where it had hit at the time) of a C172 miles away from anywhere. And its not something I had ever been taught how to deal with. The plane was still flying with no apparent wing drop or yaw or drop in cruise speed. So i just carried on to my home field. I still to this day don't know if it was wise or not.
It had caved in one third of the leading edge and had actually folded metal down underneith the wing. The Engineer who came to check it before flying it to maint, just hit it with a hammer until it was nearly back in shape with the help of a drill and some screws and covered it with speed tape.
To be honest I was amazed how much damage had been done without it effecting the performance of the plane. Sturdy beasts them C172's
MJ
And i would always submit a form even if there isn't damage they don't come chasing afteryou.