Italian village invaded by loved-up peacocks sparks travel chaos and sleepless nights for locals

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A small coastal village on Italy's Adriatic shore has found itself besieged by a barrage of peacocks looking for love during the spring breeding season.Punta Marina, situated near the historic city of Ravenna, is now home to approximately 120 of the flamboyant birds as numbers have surged.The growing population has brought considerable disruption to village life, with residents complaining of vehicles being damaged and roads blocked by wandering fowl.Among sleepless nights caused by the distinctive mating calls that echo through the streets, the situation has created a rift among locals over how best to address the feathered takeover.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Marco Manzoli, an 81-year-old former bus driver, has been particularly vocal about the problems, describing the peacocks as delinquents with excessive droppings.He said: "The population has boomed over 30 years and it's too big now - they disrupt sleep, disrupt traffic and dirty the ground with ice-cream-like excrement,...

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