A boy seen on CCTV throwing a stone at the aviary in Dunfermline's Pittencrieff Park is understood to be social media friends with at least one of the boys who killed a peacock and seriously injured another two years ago.

As previously reported in the Press, Malcolm was killed and Louis was badly injured after the aviary was broken into by two boys in 2022.

The volunteers later planted a memorial garden in tribute to Malcolm after the horrific attack.

The Peacocks in Pittencrieff Park voluntary group posted video footage on their Facebook yesterday (March 7) showing a boy hanging around the bird enclosure.

The boy is seen throwing a stone at the enclosure, and the post made by the volunteers appealed for information about the incident.

Suzi Ross, lead warden with the peacocks, said: “The police know him, they looked at the CCTV and we know who he is.”

The boy is apparently “a friend of the two boys who killed Malcolm", added Suzi.

The boy cannot be named due to his age and, so far, he has not been charged.

Suzi and the team are happy for the boy’s family to bring him along to the aviary so they can talk to him about the birds, and explain why they are so important to the city.

“It’s just frustrating," she said. "The birds mean so much to all of us, we are only here for the birds.”

On the CCTV video the volunteers were able to hear the stone that was thrown hitting the roof with a thud.

Thankfully, the peacocks were fine, but Suzi added: “The kids don’t understand, it’s not the throwing of stones, which is bad enough, it’s that these birds can die very quickly.

“They can have a heart attack with the shock.”

Suzi believes this incident happened as “we have no deterrent to stop them, because at that age there’s nothing we can do”.

The peacocks were awarded the Freedom of the City at the end of last year, and Suzi would like to know if this comes with some form of protection for them.