Amorous peacock is on the rampage, drivers warned

VISITORS to a stately home in Britain have been warned to keep away from an amorous peacock after he caused thousands of pounds’ worth of damage to a car he mistook for a mate.

The bird swooped on the parked, blue Lexus car in the grounds of eccentric aristocrat Benjamin Slade’s country manor Maunsel House, near Bridgwater, Somerset.

The luxury car, an employee’s, was left covered in scratches and dents after the frisky bird’s prolonged attack.