Loose peacock waking neighbours at 5am and destroying vegetable patches: ‘He’s very annoying’
Percy the peacock’s fowl play has a Wiltshire town at wits’ end
- A peacock named Percy is causing disruption in Marlborough, Wiltshire, by waking residents daily at 5 am with loud calls.
- Percy regularly tears up vegetable patches, consuming residents' produce like lettuce and runner beans.
- The bird also pecks on windows and doors, and has been observed walking on rooftops.
- Residents describe Percy as "raucous" and "annoying" due to his persistent noise and destructive foraging.
- The situation highlights issues with noisy animals, drawing parallels to a recent case where a cockerel owner was fined for similar disturbances.