City Hall has paid about £4,000 for a falconer and Harris's hawk to ruffle the feathers of the pesky birds at the market as part of a four-week trial.

Hazel the hawk is a Harris's hawk, and she will not be used to attack or kill the pigeons or gulls, but instead spook the birds to make them roost and nest elsewhere.

Hazel is a Harris's hawk, a bird of prey (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

This is in response to market traders complaining that the pigeons were deterring customers from buying food, with the........

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