A British aristocrat has been forced to warn visitors to his manor home not to park cars painted a particular shade of blue on his property, after his peacock caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a luxury car it mistook for a mate.
The over-excited bird caused £4000 (AUD$9184) worth of damage to an employee's "peacock blue" Lexus parked on the grounds of Sir Benjamin Slade's country manor, Maunsel House, in Somerset in England's south, report English newspapers.
The car was left with numerous scratches and dents as a result of the frisky bird's amorous attack, and Sir Benjamin has now erected signs in his carpark warning drivers of blue cars of the danger presented by his bird.
"It started when he fell in love with this Lexus, which was in a very distinct peacock blue and looked like another peacock boy," he said.
"He couldn't control his urges and tried to shag it. He attacked the panels so hard that the car needs a total respray.
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