Peacock forced to be captured after terrorising 92-year-old's farm

Susanna Siddell
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:55:56 +0000

A chaos-causing peacock has wreaked havoc on Suffolk farm this week after turning its ire on a 92-year-old farmer's chickens.

The flamboyant bird had to be captured following its disruptive behaviour towards the poultry belonging to Tom Walne, known to locals as Farmer Tom.

The peacock arrived at the property near Copdock on Monday and, at first, appeared to settle in peacefully alongside the existing birds.

Farmer Tom's wife, Sandy Walne, told the BBC of her husband's excitement after calling her at the start of the week.

She said he was "ever so excited" by the ordeal - but what was believed to be a feathered friend soon turned on his new-found poultry pals.

"On Tuesday morning he was still here and when I let the chickens out he just went loopy," Farmer Tom recounted.

"He flew at the chickens, eventually he separated the cockerel from the hens and he chased the cockerel."

"We've had to shut him up," the wife added.

Once the uninvited visitor began terrorising the farm's cockerels, the couple knew it was time for the feathered fiend to go.

Mr Walne, 92, operates his farm in the Suffolk countryside close to the village of Copdock.

Mrs Walne was forced to resort to social media to track down the peacock's rightful owner, posting an appeal online in the hope of identifying where the bird had come from.

She enlisted a friend to launch an appeal online in a desperate bid to return the bird to its rightful owner.

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And, thankfully, a nearby farm came to the farmers' rescue.

Easton Farm Park, located near Woodbridge, offered a solution to the predicament, agreeing to temporarily house the troublesome peacock.

Now, Farmer Tom's chickens can finally enjoy peace once more following the peacock's departure from the property.

But Suffolk residents are not the only ones tired of being terrorised by peacock posses.

Last year, GB News's very own reporter Jack Carson confronted a wild peacock while residents feared a wild flock taking over their village in Staffordshire.

Then, over the summer, a gaggle of as many as 30 peacocks terrorised a leafy village near a historic World War Two RAF base, leaving locals concerned and angry.

The residents of Hibaldstow, in North Lincolnshire, claimed eacocks attacked their cars, damaged property, and screeched at antisocial times.

The village stands just around the corner from RAF Hibaldstow, where many Second World War Spitfire pilots trained.