‘What a relief!’ Shropshire pensioners with ‘pooing peacock’ in their garden finally wave goodbye to fowl squatter

A pensioner has said an unwelcome guest has finally been removed from his garden, after a peahen was squatting at his Shropshire back lawn for nearly two months.

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Last month, Harvey Andrews, who lives in Brockton in Worthen, near Much Wenlock, with his wife, appealed for help for somebody to capture and rehome the female peacock, after it turned up in their garden in June and refused to budge.

Mr Andrews said the recalcitrant bird had been making a mess with its “poo” and the couple were desperate to wave goodbye to the fowl squatter.

At the time, Mr Andrews said he had no idea where the peahen had come from, as it was the first spotted in the neighbourhood.

And after they received no help from local rescue centres and the RSPCA, Mr Andrews appealed to readers in the Shropshire Star to find a new home for the errant bird.

He has now said their unwanted guest has finally left.

“A lady from Worcester who has other peahens and peacocks came to collect it last week,” he said.

“It is such a relief that it is gone. We had quite a mess to clear up, but no permanent harm has been done. Although it was quite an amusing afternoon watching the lady capture the peahen - she used a net and took it away in her car.”