WATCH: New home needed for loud Willenhall peacocks

But the bird, called Fred, is having to leave behind his garden home in Willenhall for pastures new.

The owner of Fred, and his mate Freda and their growing family, are looking for a new home following eight years based by the busy Bilston Lane.

The pair already have two daughters Flo, two, and Florence, one, and Freda has recently laid a new batch of eggs in the grounds of the property.

But after nearly a decade of attracting the attention of passing motorists the group, known as a muster, is crying for a new home.

The birds had been cause for complaints due to their noise, and the owner Kim Harper was sent a warning letter by Walsall Council three years ago.

Mr Harper, 44, bought Fred from a farm on the Welsh border in 2007 along with his first partner.

He has since built up a following and last year was invited to take centre stage at a religious ceremony at a West Bromwich temple.

He said: "We used to keep chickens and one day we went to a farmers' market and saw a peacock and though we would bid for it, but we were unsuccessful.

"Then a farmer told us he had lots of peacocks and invited us to visit.

"We did and bought Fred for about £150 and his first partner, but she vanished after about a year.

"We went back and got Freda. The females cost more even though it is the males that have the beautiful tails.

"They have been giving us pleasure ever since.

"When I wake up in the morning and have a cuppa I say I can't have the manor house, but I've got my peacock."

He added: "Freda laid an egg at the bottom of the garden and we could tell something was going on because the others were spending a lot of time near where she was sitting.

"They get very protective of the eggs.

"Last year out of three eggs laid, she managed to successfully rear one of those who we have called Florence.

"So we have four in total.

"Unfortunately the eggs that she was sitting on earlier this week have simply vanished without a trace and we think other wildlife may have got to the nest.

"As they are reproducing I have no choice now but to find them a new home as soon as possible.

"I'm hoping we can give them away to someone able to have all four as they do behave like one unit.

"They have their own system of doing things. I expect that Freda will lay again later this year and we simply haven't got the space for them all."

Mrs Harper said Freda in particular likes to roam away from the garden and can often be spotted by residents and drivers wandering across the neighbouring traffic lights.

In 2011, Mrs Harper was sent a warning letter by Walsall Council's environmental health department following complaints that Fred's mating calls were too noisy.

She then appealed to drivers not to pap their horns which can also set him off.

Anyone who can give the birds a new home should email via kimharper33@hotmail.com