A pair of noisy residents have sparked a court battle after ruffling feathers in a leafy neighbourhood backing on to a golf course.
Amazon parrots Charlie and Bella are at the centre of a bizarre feud over the noise they make.
Retired farmer Iain Gauld’s breeding birds have been accused of causing neighbours sleepless nights with their loud squawking and screeching.
Engineering consultant John Watson, who lives on Golf Course Road, Blairgowrie, has launched a legal action at nearby Perth’s Justice of the Peace Court to have the birds silenced.
In the application, under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 section 49, Watson states: “The parrots screech and squawk very, very loudly at random times of the day, every day, from 5am to 10pm.
“It is very distressing to us, being nearest, and all surrounding households.”
In court, Gauld, whose home backs on to Blairgowrie Golf Club, said: “With these parrots it is like outbursts and they are related to daylight hours.
“They go to sleep at about 6pm when the light goes and you don’t hear from them again until 8.30am or 9am.
“We are going into winter and shorter days, so I don’t see it being an issue.”
JP Paul Walker continued the case for a month.
