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Police have been called out to the peacock on the loose in Tunbridge Wells .

It was reported that the bird was disrupting traffic in St Johns Road just after 10am today (May 23).

But by the time a local Police Community Support Officer attended, the peacock had escaped.

A police spokesman said: "Kent Police was called at 10.17am on Thursday (May 23) regarding a peacock causing a potential hazard to traffic in St Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells.

"The peacock left the area prior to the attendance of a local Police Community Support Officer."

Live updates as peacock is spotted strolling around Tunbridge Wells

It has now been spotted on the roof of a house in St John's Road and has been there for the past two hours.

Onlooker Emma Montague-Smith says the peacock is "starting to get a little distressed".

(Image: Juliet Silburn)

It was seen by Juliet Silburn as she walked along Coniston Avenue to work at Bishops Down Primary School this morning.

Margaret Williams, who works as a teaching assistant at the school, also spotted the bird while she drove to work just after 8am.

She explained: "It was walking along Coniston Avenue towards Bennett School. Apparently it traversed across Culverden Down.

"One of the mothers of a pupil at Rose Hill School was scared he was going to head out into the road. There's lots of traffic there at that time because of the schools.

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"It was beautiful and massive. Somebody from another school suggested picking him up but I didn't do that.

"One of my colleagues called the police as he could have caused an accident. I nearly crashed my car. It was not a good situation.

"Someone who lives locally said he is a bit of a chap in this area."

(Image: Emma Montague-Smith)

The bird was seen in Langton Green yesterday before heading down to Rusthall for the evening.

Ali Brooker, who lives in Rusthall, thought her husband "had had one too many at the local pub" yesterday (May 22) when he phoned her up to tell her there was a peacock on the roof.

However, to her amazement, when she pulled into their cul-de-sac with son Jake at 8.30pm, there was the "beautiful" bird prancing about on their roof.

You can follow our live blog on the peacock roaming the streets of Tunbridge Wells by pressing here .