Hawks patrol the sky helping to scare pigeons for Northern Trains

Rail chiefs have drafted two feathered friends to patrol the skies above their stations to deter nuisance pigeons.

Harris hawks Maverick and Zulu have been deployed at stations in Filey, Beverley, and Driffield in East in Yorkshire, as part of a 12-week trial which began in February.

The hawks are there to deter the pigeons and prevent them from nesting, but they are not used for hunting.

If they prove to be effective, they could be introduced at other Northern stations which have been plagued by pigeons in recent years.