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Peacock ‘invasion’ of Italian seaside town ruffles feathers
With Punta Marina residents loving or loathing the incomers, ‘peacock rangers’ have been appointed to defuse tensionsFederico Bruni was sitting on a bench, eating a piadina romagnola (flatbread sandwich) and minding his own business, when a peacock strutted up in the hope of a few crumbs. High-pitched squeals emanated from the direction of a disused military barracks across the road. “That would be the call to love,” Bruni said. “The male peacocks are courting the female ones – we’re in peak mat
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