original2@lemmy.world to UKCasual@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agosaw a peacock in a central london parklemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down13
arrow-up190arrow-down1imagesaw a peacock in a central london parklemmy.worldoriginal2@lemmy.world to UKCasual@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareOurTragicUniverse@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoEscaped pets mostly but some belong to zoos and are tagged and wander around. We also have a population of parrots in London that are descended from escaped pets too.
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIn my hometown of Dunfermline they have (or had) 3 or 4 peacocks living in Pittencrief Park, who regularly wander(ed) up and in the town high street. Not sure if they’re still there though, as they kept getting hit by cars :-(
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, I’ve seen them, haven’t seen wild peacocks before.
Just wild? That’s cool.
Escaped pets mostly but some belong to zoos and are tagged and wander around.
We also have a population of parrots in London that are descended from escaped pets too.
In my hometown of Dunfermline they have (or had) 3 or 4 peacocks living in Pittencrief Park, who regularly wander(ed) up and in the town high street.
Not sure if they’re still there though, as they kept getting hit by cars :-(
Yeah, I’ve seen them, haven’t seen wild peacocks before.
Yeah just in some park