Temporary barriers could be installed to protect Cowley Bridge, and there were also plans for defence walls to improve protection at Exeter St David's railway station, it said.

BBC: Exeter flood defence improvement works to start in 2014

Their mother's squawks competed with the din of morning-rush bridge traffic as Chris Nadareski, a wildlife biologist with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, gently lifted the fluffy chicks out of their nesting box and used pliers to fasten metal bands around their legs.

WSJ: 4 falcon chicks living on NY-NJ bridge are banded