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Got a visit this morning from a green parrot. Came back tonight and think it is sleeping in a tree. Hope it stays, it’s way cooler than the magpies
Have you recently moved to London? Or has the parrot moved to you? https://londonist.com/london/great-outdoors/london-s-parakeets-everything-you-need-to-know
Nope.
Up north. Same type as in London though I think.
Is it dead?
Kirkentilloch area has its own flock of parakeets.
Have heard that some of the Ring Necked Parakeets have been spotted north western England. Not good.
Parakeets in Gtr Manchester too.
I like em.
There are/were quite a few in Sheffield around the rugby club area looks like they’re here to stay? Probably not a good thing though talking to a mate today claiming eagle owls making headway down south obviously going back in January 😉
Some green parrot ish things in Barcelona too
Small (5-20 birds) flocks of them in the parks near me and along the banks of the Mersey.
They’re great. Albeit a bit more audible than some of the other birds.
Kirby longsdale?
The parakeets are slowly spreading north from London and SE where there are LOADS of them. Places like Richmond Park, Dulwich Park, Wimbledon Common - big noisy flocks of them there.
Manchester has a few now in little pockets around the city - Sale Water Park for example.
Yes,loads here in North Sheffield, listening to them right now. Been here for at least 4 years.
Why are they bad to have around?
Millions of the little barstewarts around here (south manchester). Squawking, aggressive little oiks.
Millions of the little barstewarts around here (south manchester). Squawking, aggressive little oiks.
So like prettier, more colourful crows or seagulls then?
Millions of the little barstewarts around here (south manchester). Squawking, aggressive little oiks.
Thought you were just talking about the normal residents of South Manchester there!
I used to work in North London next to Highgate Cemetary, saw loads of the green birds.
Initially it was quite wonderful ,seeing such colourful, unusual birds on my lunch break (or out of the office window on a lucky day) but soon become commonplace.
They aren't really affecting the natural flora & fauna in a negative fashion, so have it I say.
Loads of them in Madrid. Horrible invasive species.
Why are they bad to have around?
I think the theory is that they can outcompete local fauna for food and habitat.
There was also an issue with them damaging buildings with wooden shingle roofs.
In the grand scheme of things I think their impact is less than other alien invasives.
Edit:
Impacts: Psittacula krameri, Ring-necked Parakeet
Environmental Impact
There is some evidence, from Belgium, that ring-necked parakeets may be competing for nest holes with some native birds, such as nuthatch Sitta europea. Otherwise, the species currently appears to have little ecosystem impact.
Health and Scoial Impact
There is potential for noise nuisance, and risks to human health associated with fouling, in the vicinity of large communal roosts.
Economic Impact
In its native range in India, rose-ringed parakeet is considered one of the most destructive bird pests of agriculture, for example reducing maize yields. In GB, the species can damage fruit trees and has been reported to have reduced the output of a vineyard to only one sixth of the expected wine production (Hamilton 2004). Rose-ringed parakeets can carry diseases such as Newcastle disease and Cryptosporidium that also infect poultry, and might have impacts also on that industry.
Whereabouts in north Sheffield are they. Can't say I have ever seen them but will keep an eye out for them.
Other impacts are that they compete with native birds for nest holes.
The Newcastle disease and Cryptosporidium are presumably transmitted by most birds?
They have been present in Manchester in flocks of 30 for at least 10 years.
They have a wide spread distibution and have been in the uk and breading since 1855.
So like lots of other schedule 9 species they are very hard to do anything about.
Saw a green parrot in my aunt's garden.
That was in Thurrock.
Hope it stays, it’s way cooler than the magpies
If it is a parakeet not sure you would be saying that once it invites all its mates. They get damn noisy and hang around in large groups. During winter my house sits between the feeding and nesting grounds. Have about 2-300 passing over making the local rookery seem quiet.
We have a big flock in Redhill, Surrey - fly over every morning and every evening making a massive racket, hundreds of them! Been around for years and years - they do add some colour and noise to things! Not aware of any particular negative impact though...
Probably not what the op was referring to, but 13 years ago we drove through Kirkby Stephen and there were bloody big scarlet macaws flying about! spectacular.
fasthaggis
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Is it dead?
No, it's just resting
Nailed to the perch ?
Hmm ,Perchy Parrot ,could be a new STW login 🙂
dannybgoode
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Whereabouts in north Sheffield are they. Can’t say I have ever seen them but will keep an eye out for them.
saw some( 3 or 4 ) at Sheff RUFC abbeydale sports ground when we were watching daughters play rugby by the pitches furthest from club house behind some housing
Lots in Liverpool hanging out at the park.
Got to be better than 100 o'thousands of pheasants being released into the countryside for tossers to shoot, we've got loads (counted 14 dead on road yesterday) of squashed/partially maimed pheasants in the streets of my galloway town.
Saw one fly over the car park at Morrisons in Hyde(tameside) about week ago, landed in a tree at the back of the row of shops nearby, reminded me of when I lived in Oz.
Loads of them in Madrid. Horrible invasive species.
British ex-pat parakeets?
Got to be better than 100 o’thousands of pheasants being released into the countryside
Much,much higher than that. The best guess of number of pheasants/partridges released (majority pheasants) is from 40 to 50 million with smme estimating as high as 60 million.
They provide my local Peregrines with their greens.
Could you tempt it down to sit on your shoulder so you can do pirate impressions?
Well
Looks like it’s an escaped pet. So just a matter of time till it gets got by something.
They aren’t really affecting the natural flora & fauna in a negative fashion, so have it I say.
You wouldn’t say that if you were a fruit grower, or had orchards, the little sods will strip the trees of flower buds, causing a catastrophic drop in yield.
I’ve seen them flying alongside the M4 outside of London, but so far I don’t think any have got as far west as Wiltshire, unlike the kites, which are now showing up over my house, which I’m glad about - the parrots can stay in London!
We have 3 around Warley, top end of the Calder Valley, that I see occasionally when walking my dog, sometimes visit the neighbours garden to steal his pears!
Unbelievably.
Via the power of social media.
Turns out this parrot is a female pet that escaped. And has now got together with a male that also escaped about 5 miles away.
They are already noisy like they own the place.