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Hawk-eye: The birds of prey on pigeon patrol

Two stations in East Yorkshire have found themselves plagued by pigeons and their poo.

Enter Maverick and Zulu - two hawks who are now on patrol keeping the pesky pigeons at bay.

The two birds of prey are on a three month trial to see how effective they are, with train operator Northern saying they will be there to put off the pigeons and not to hunt them.

De-Graft has been finding out more.

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