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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alexander Butler

Loose peacock waking neighbours at 5am and destroying vegetable patches: ‘He’s very annoying’

The peacock has terrorised the quiet village of Marlborough, Wiltshire. Stock image - (Unsplash/Gibran Hamdan)

A noisy peacock is causing chaos in a small town by climbing on roofs, pecking on windows and tearing up vegetable patches.

The bird, named Percy by locals, wakes up residents in Marlborough, Wiltshire, at around 5am every day with a “raucous” bellowing before searching for food.

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