Fake peregrine falcon scares away pigeons at Waverley Station Edinburgh

Rail chiefs have gone out on a wing and a prayer to tackle the menace of pigeons at Edinburgh's Waverley Station -- by bringing in this robotic falcon. Network Rail spent £9,000 to have two robot peregrines installed above the roof of the station, which has been plagued by pigeons and seagulls for 150 years. The plastic predators have been programmed to rotate their heads, flap their wings and unleash four different calls to strike fear into their prey. John Donald of Robop, the East Lothian company which produces the birds, said: "Most raptors hunt down small animals like voles, but peregrines live off other birds, so pigeons and seagulls are terrified of them.