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Hidden cameras set up to catch fly-tippers have instead been triggered by a feathery intruder.

As part of a crackdown on illegal waste dumping, the council installed a series of CCTV cameras at known hotspots. But after the team were alerted to possible criminal activity being caught on camera, they instead found footage of the feathery intruder. Image by Durham County Council/PA Wire
As part of a crackdown on illegal waste dumping, Durham County Council installed a series of CCTV cameras at known hotspots.
But after the team were alerted to possible criminal activity being caught on camera, they instead found footage of an inquisitive pheasant having a look down the lens.
Durham County Council’s neighbourhood protection manager Ian Hoult said: “There was some excitement in the office when it was thought that one of our cameras had been triggered and again caught a criminal.
“But thankfully on this occasion, nobody had fallen ‘fowl’ of the law.”
The council said since launching Operation Stop It in November 2014, there has been a 29% decrease in fly-tipping across the county.
(Press Association)
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