Rare white peacocks star attraction at Elizabethan hall in Shropshire
A pair of rare white peacocks were the star attraction during two open days at an Elizabethan home.
Plantagenet and York were seen at a new moat aviary, set in the 15th century grass moat at Upton Cressett Hall and Gardens near Bridgnorth.
The rare male birds have their own home, to protect them from falling "fowl" of a nearby fox that has killed several of the aviary's birds, which also features rare chickens and India Blue Peacocks.
The chickens have all been supplied by the Gobbett Rare Fowl Farm near Burwarton but the white peacocks were sourced from Yorkshire for the property's owner William Cash, by his wife Lady Laura.
Mr Cash said now the two new additions had settled in they were hoping to start their own white peacock family. "
We are now looking for anyone with white peahens to get in contact so we can start breeding our own family of white peacocks," he said.
Lady Laura also made teas and scones for visitors over the bank holiday. The hall will now remain open on Sundays noon to 5pm during April and every Saturday and Sunday, from May until October.
