A FIERY pheasant is terrorising a street — biting and clawing residents, chasing pets and chewing car wipers.

The angry bird, dubbed Phil, pecks at windows looking for a scrap and waits for locals to leave their homes before pouncing.

5 Sun man Adam is attacked by angry pheasant Phil Credit: Albanpix

Posties squirt vinegar spray to fend him off after high-pitched sensors and gun noises failed to work.

Others shoo him away with umbrellas.

Businessman Matt Cheetham, 42, whose home is next to woods in Costessey, Norfolk, said: “Forget The Terminator, this bird is The Termi-nester.

"He just seems unstoppable.

5 Posties have been forced to spray Phil with vinegar in order to deliver mail unharmed

“My wife tried to drive off but it jumped on the bonnet and pecked at the wipers.

"She can only leave the house with me so I can shield her.”

Phil has attacked daily since December 23, catching residents and visitors at least four times.

One postie said: “This bird is lethal.

5 Fiery Phil has attacked residents at least four times already Credit: Albanpix

"A colleague got a nasty scratch on his face. We’re all scared.”

Another victim, Sonya Bolton, 28, added: “Phil is like a velociraptor.

"Only yesterday he was pinning the postie up against our door.”

Resident Shahin Assadinia, 39, now carries an umbrella to protect himself from the pesky pheasant.

5 Resident Matt Cheetham has said that the bird 'seems unstoppable' Credit: Albanpix

The university (UEA) lecturer said: “He’s really getting on my nerves now.

“He pecks at my feet when he sees me - so much so that I am carrying an umbrella with me to protect myself.

“I think that he thinks we are on his territory and that’s why he’s getting aggressive.”

Cops and council chiefs say they can do nothing.

5 There is no end in sight to Phil's acts of terror, with cops and council chiefs unable to do anything Credit: Albanpix

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The RSPCA and RSPB can intervene only if an animal is in danger, leaving residents stuck.

The RSPB said: “If the bird is coming into maturity it will be trying to establish a pecking order with his territory, where the houses are.”

The RSPCA added: “There’s not much the postman can do other than stay out of the pheasant’s way.”

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