Peacocks' early morning screeching wakes neighbours
SuppliedAn ostentation of peacocks which randomly appeared on a street has been largely welcomed by neighbours, despite the early wake-up calls.
Although no-one is quite sure when the colourful birds first arrived, residents of Adair Avenue, just off the West Road, in Newcastle, said it was within the last month.
They said the peacocks had come into their gardens, sat on their roofs, made noise at night and even pecked the side of new cars.
Dwayne, who lives on the street, said their screeching woke him up in the early hours "like clockwork", but admitted he had gotten used to his new neighbours by now.
The rumour on the street is the peacocks came from the nearby Pendower Hall, but the building's owner denied any knowledge of the birds.
Supplied"Like clockwork, three, half three-ish [in the morning], just, like, high-pitched - I can't explain it, it's like cats fighting or foxes but it's pretty grating to be honest," Dwayne said of the birds' wake-up calls.
"It lasts maybe 40 minutes, half an hour and then they just go off on their jollies again, so you get used to it.
"Through the day it's sound, but at night, just keep them in the cage.
"But to be honest, I can't really complain, it's funny."
One resident said the birds were "very cute," meanwhile another said she thought they were "brilliant".
"The kids absolutely love them, but the only thing is they come and wake us up at, like, five o'clock in the morning," she said.
"They're not really affecting me at all."
Another neighbour, who did not want to be named, confessed to feeding the peacocks.
"There's a few people that feed them in the street," she said.