A fifth Banksy mural has appeared above a fish and chip shop in London - after four were confirmed by the artist in other parts of the capital this week.

The silhouette of two pelicans, one eating a fish, appeared above Bonners Fish Bar in Walthamstow in the northeast of the capital on Friday morning.

An employee told Sky News they were not aware of the artwork until this morning. The anonymous artist on Friday shared a picture of the piece on Instagram.

It comes after thousands of people took to the streets in Walthamstow on Wednesday for a counter-protest against far-right groups targeting mosques and spaces used by asylum seekers.

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On Thursday, a silhouette of a howling wolf painted on a satellite dish in Peckham, southeast London, was removed by a group in balaclavas just hours after it appeared.

The day before, three monkeys appeared swinging from a train bridge over Brick Lane in the east of the city, not far from Shoreditch High Street.

People remove a new artwork by Banksy, depicting a howling wolf painted on a satellite dish that was placed on a shop roof in Peckham, south London. The artist's latest artwork comes a day after he unveiled three monkeys painted on a bridge in Brick Lane, east London. Picture date: Thursday August 8, 2024.
Image: Peckham, south east London on Thursday. Pic: PA
A new artwork depicting three monkeys unveiled by Banksy, painted on a bridge in Brick Lane.
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Image: Three monkeys in east London on Wednesday. Pic: PA

On Tuesday, a stencil image of two elephants greeting one another from bricked-up windows popped up in Chelsea.

And on Monday an ibex goat was seen painted just above a CCTV camera near Kew Green in the south west of the capital.

A man passes underneath a new artwork depicting two elephants poking their heads out of blocked out windows unveiled by Banksy on the side of a building at the junction of Edith Grove and Edith Terrace, in Chelsea.
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Image: Two elephants in Chelsea on Tuesday. Pic:PA
Image: An ibex goat in Kew on Monday. Pic: PA

Banksy usually leaves months between his artworks, confirming them soon after they appear on social media.

With one posted every day so far this week, there has been much speculation about the meaning behind the animals, but he has not captioned any of the photos shared on Instagram, adding to the mystery.

The Bristol-based anonymous artist made headlines in June when he released a migrant boat installation over the crowd at Glastonbury during performances by Idles and Little Simz.

He was behind another artwork discovered on the side of a block of flats near Finsbury Park, north London, and subsequently vandalised in March.

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