Network Rail has had to take down netting under a railway bridge in central Manchester after complaints that a number of nesting pigeons were trapped.
At the beginning of this week netting began to be put in place under a bridge on Store Street in the city centre which is connected to Manchester Piccadilly.
Network Rail say this was to stop pigeons nesting under the bridge and making a mess on the road and pavement below. They say they had received a number of complaints about the state of the pavement on this part of Store Street, close to the junction with London Road, with netting put in place in an effort to keep birds out and the pavements clean.
However, the netting was put in place for half of the bridge earlier this week while a number of pigeons and nests remained in the bridge. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. This led to many pigeons being left trapped in the bridge by the netting.