Birds Of Prey

It's hoped Bella will scare away the birds, which have been nesting and leaving droppings at a station.

Huxley's animal sanctuary in Horsham, West Sussex, is trying to raise thousands of pounds to renovate its enclosures which house owls, bald eagles and meerkats.

The sparrow hawk is among a number of birds shot and killed in Geneva Wood, in Darlington, in recent weeks.