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02-02-2012, 08:10 PM
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| |  supprised to see.....
was walkingin the park with my littleone on monday and heard an odd bird call
kind of a screach rather than the "local" type bird calls
followed my ears (dragging the little one with me "but daddy i want to play on the toys....") to find ..............
Parakeets........
i thought the old "must have escaped" but there were 5 of them.... and they looked to be right at home
came home and with the help of ye trusty old internet found they are infact Indian Ring necked parakeets and are now NATIVE in the southeast!
a little supprised to say the least! |
02-02-2012, 08:29 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: London and NW Scotland
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| | | Re: supprised to see.....
They are spreading.
Until about couple of years ago we saw none in our bit of east London, but now they are almost a regular twice daily event as they move to feed in the morning and back to roost in the evening.
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02-02-2012, 09:25 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Watford, Hertfordshire.
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| | | Re: supprised to see.....
There are several threads concerning parakeets, this is one of them: Ring-necked Parakeets - where to see them?
They're a nuisance around here!
Jim |
02-02-2012, 09:31 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Tranent (nr Edinburgh)
Posts: 148
| | | Re: supprised to see.....
I must say I was shocked to hear of them residing in the UK too! 
You wouldn't think they'd be able to survive the cold winters, would you?  |
02-02-2012, 10:45 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: RUNCORN CHESHIRE
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| | | Re: supprised to see.....
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Originally Posted by AfternoonLemon  You wouldn't think they'd be able to survive the cold winters, would you? | I think they have cold winters in part of their native Asian range  MIKE |
02-02-2012, 10:45 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Glasgow
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| | | Re: supprised to see.....
Quote:
Originally Posted by AfternoonLemon I must say I was shocked to hear of them residing in the UK too!
You wouldn't think they'd be able to survive the cold winters, would you? | Well yes actually. Some of their native lands are far harsher than the UK. |
03-02-2012, 04:39 AM
| | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 13,607
| |  Re: supprised to see.....
Quote:
Originally Posted by twopoke was walkingin the park with my littleone on monday and heard an odd bird call
kind of a screach rather than the "local" type bird calls
followed my ears (dragging the little one with me "but daddy i want to play on the toys....") to find ..............
Parakeets........
i thought the old "must have escaped" but there were 5 of them.... and they looked to be right at home
came home and with the help of ye trusty old internet found they are infact Indian Ring necked parakeets and are now NATIVE in the southeast!
a little supprised to say the least! |
Plenty here around London but they aren't + never wil be native; naturalised yes. | | |
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