Best laid plans: Network Rail amends bridge refurbishment work after protected birds found nesting in tower

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Network Rail has had to make changes to planned refurbishment works on the Grade Ⅱ listed Britannia Bridge, in North Wales, after a pair of peregrine falcons were found to be calling it home. The rare and protected birds were spotted, by a member of the public, flying back and forth to the top of the middle tower of the bridge - which links Anglesey and the mainland of Wales across the Menai Strait. With restoration works planned on all three towers, Network Rail quickly teamed up with Ecological Consultants, Whitcher Wildlife Ltd, to get advice on how to best protect the falcons. 'After a few visits to the bridge, it soon became clear that a solitary peregrine falcon was roosting, preening and hunting from the central tower' James Campbell, Ecological Consultant at Whitcher Wildlife Ltd said.