SKYE has an important job for BCP Council – and she's the only one who can do it.

The 20-year-old Harris hawk works in bird control at the Nuffield Household Waste Recycling Centre in Poole.

She is always accompanied by a falconer when she is at the site.

A council spokesperson said: "Skye eats chicks, pigeon, quail and rabbit. She weighs 2lb 2oz.

"The falconer is contracted by BCP Council. She works on landfill sites too."

Skye is used to control birds on site, which officials say "helps stop disease spreading". She also stops gulls from eating rubbish.

These photos were captured by Echo Camera Club Dorset member Natalie Stansby.