Phillip Eglen sat watching the "ostentation" of peacocks for several hours in his garden
Mystery surrounds the appearance of a large number of peacocks that seem to have become rather taken with a Norfolk town.He said he had occasionally seen one or two, but the large number was a surprise and his photo prompted others to tell of similar recent visits.No-one has yet come forward to claim the group - known as an "ostentation" - of peacocks.
"I felt like I was being invaded; half of them were balanced on the fence in an almost intimidating manner - like the opening of Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds," he joked. "They were here for so long I was starting to wonder whether I was now the owner of an ostentation and would have to start searching for peacock food online."The birds sat happily in Mr Eglen's garden, as he watched from his patio
When the group left, they did not go far and several other people added their pictures of the peafowl to the local Facebook group post.