A peacock which is refusing to return home to its mate has ruffled a few feathers in North Luffenham.
The bird flew off from its new home with Maggie Boon in Harringworth several months ago after moving to the area from The Fens with its mate.
The female has been calling for his return ever since but the wanderer is still roaming free.
Yester
day morning he caused a stir among residents of Deweys Close in North Luffenham with an early morning wake-up call at 5.10am.
Resident Carol Bates said: "It was out in the close just walking around and the noise echoes so it woke me up. I turned to my husband and just said 'I wish that thing would go home' because I instantly knew what it was.
"When we first moved here in 1974 a lot of peacocks used to come over from Luffenham Hall and my young sons used to love watching them, but they are not so appealing first thing in the morning."
The bird was spotted three weeks ago by a driver in Seaton who at first mistook it for a carrier bag in the hedge. Last week the Rutland Times reported how Mrs Boon, of Wakerley Road in Harringworth, brought it back to the Rutland border two months ago to look after it.
She has appealed for people not to try to catch the bird themselves as it might get stressed but is hoping the bird will hear its mate calling and eventually fly home.
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