Seven-year-old Poppy Sippings was delighted when these confused peacocks got themselves lost ... and ended up in the cul-de-sac where she lives.

Poppy's mum Elisabeth got in touch with the Gazette after reading our story of the peacock parade yesterday.

Mrs Sippings said she had called police after she saw the five exotic birds loose in the road in Coppingford End, Copford.

She later found out that the birds belonged to the Springfield Nursing Home in Copford.