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Marlborough’s Unruly Peacock Percy Keeps Neighbours Awake and Wrecks Gardens

Local authorities have not intervened leaving residents to debate whether nuisance regulations can deliver relief

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Overview

  • Percy’s mating calls erupt daily at around 4:30 am and repeat at 9:30 pm from the same rooftop perches
  • The adolescent male peacock has ravaged multiple vegetable patches by eating lettuces, courgettes and runner beans
  • Residents report Percy pecking on windows and doors and confronting household pets on lawns
  • No owner has come forward and officials have yet to announce any capture or mitigation plan
  • Neighbours suspect he escaped from a private owner or specialist breeder given the lack of nearby peacock facilities