Lincolnshire Reporter

Lincolnshire Police say they will be speaking to people who attended a Skegness house party in an apparent breach of lockdown rules.

Residents reacted angrily after a photograph of the gathering in Wainfleet Road was circulated on Facebook.

Some locals suggested the group should be fined for breaking the rules and putting unnecessary pressure on the NHS.

It is understood the party took place at around 12pm on Monday, April 20 on Wainfleet Road in Skegness.

A nearby resident said the party lasted for around five hours before the group moved inside.

A photo of the gathering, with 13 people posing next to each other, was posted on Facebook and caused uproar with those who were unhappy at them breaking the lockdown rules.

Some held up beer cans in the picture of the group, which has since been deleted.

Lincolnshire Police said officers would be speaking to those who attended the party.

Inspector Jacky Barnsley, of Lincolnshire Police’s Coast Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “We are aware of the party on Wainfleet Road in Skegness. Our local officers will be speaking to those involved.

“Where we receive reports of gatherings or breaches in the guidance, we will attend where we can, the sooner the information is passed to us, the sooner we can act.

“We are finding the guidelines are being followed by the vast majority and we are all grateful for that.

“It’s so important people stay at home, only go out when it’s absolutely necessary and in line with the guidance. We’re all in it together, we need to stay home to protect the NHS and save lives.”

Meanwhile, police have issued more than 80 fines to people breaching coronavirus lockdown, bosses have confirmed.

A group of peacocks has taken advantage of the lockdown to reclaim the streets of a Lincolnshire village.

Care worker Anna Cawthorn came across the “muster” of peacocks and peahens as they marched down the main high street in Gosberton, Lincolnshire.

The birds took advantage of the quiet roads by heading towards the nearest pub and convenience store.

Anna posted the picture after seeing the peacocks as she was on her way back from her shift at a local care home.

Posting on the Gosberton Village Facebook page, Anna wrote: “If anyone has lost peacocks they went from (the) church down High Street.”

The birds did not move until she reached the Co-op as she was returning from her night shift.

Peacocks roosting on a house roof in Salem Street in Gosberton. Photo: Facebook/Media Lincs

Another resident snapped two of the cheeky peacocks roosting on a house roof in Salem Street in Gosberton. Another male peacock was pictured in a villager’s back garden.

The village boasts just under 3,000 residents but with the roads quiet due to the lockdown it is understood the peacocks have been taking themselves for a daily walk from their owner’s home.

There have been a number of stories nationally of wildlife ‘reclaiming’ the streets during the coronavirus lockdown.

There were also some humorous responses by people to the post on Facebook.

One said: “Someone tell them the pub is shut, I’m sure they will turn back!”

Other people wrote “they are having their daily exercise” and “they are just enjoying the quiet”.

A lone bird in a villager’s back garden. Photo: Facebook/Media Lincs

Others came up with some alternative ideas – “new darts team” suggested one person, while another said “what a sight. Do you think they were off to the Co-op?”.

Elsewhere in the UK, a herd of fallow deer were recently seen grazing on the lawns in front of a housing estate in east London. It’s thought they came from the nearby Dagnam Park.

In Wales, a herd of goats took over the deserted town centre of Llandudno, eating hedges and flowers from gardens.

In central Cambridge it was reported over the weekend that a large ‘wildcat’ had been spotted roaming around a resident’s garden.