[Closed] Immigrants on my land! - What would you do?

Move out of west/ south-west London?

you're not near Hampstead Heath are you? They've been there so long they're practically indigenous

Is it an allotment?

They're in North London as well

I saw a bunch of them near Sale Water Park* a couple of weekends ago!

*North West of England

Try a hawk kite on a long pole.

https://www.peregrinehawkkites.com/

Normally only see then up high but they are venturing onto the bird feeder.

I like them.

Bloody green buggers!!! Coming over here, stealing our nuts!

Time for some green ethnic cleansing.   Invasive pest.

let them be, there birds doing what birds do. i used to get really annoyed at starlings completely taking over , but they are still part of nature.

Buy squirrel proof feeders (they close if a heavy animal or bird lands on the feeder).

I don't want them as they are very noisy and scare away the small birds.

we had some in our garden this morning - first time i've seen them in the garden.  South Manchester - not far from Sale water park as mentioned above.

They'd make a good pot of soup!

I blame the EU

Parrot soup.... Mmmmm

Could be the next artisan dish de jour.

I've saw one in my back garden in Newport, South Wales a few years ago.

Beautiful plumage though

wilburt

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I blame the EU

Origin of the flocks Edit

A parakeet on a bird feeder in Kensington Gardens, London
How exactly the parakeet population first came to exist and thrive in wild in England is not known. Consistent with the first widespread photographs of the birds in the mid-1990s are multiple theories that a pair or more breeding parakeets escaped and/or were released. More specific introduction theories have been published such as that:[1]

parakeets escaped from the branch of Ealing Studios used for the filming of The African Queen — Isleworth Studios — in 1951[2][3][4]
parakeets escaped from damaged aviaries during the Great Storm of 1987[2][3][4]
a pair were released by Jimi Hendrix in Carnaby Street, London, in the 1960s[2][3][4]
a number of birds reportedly escaped from a pet shop in Sunbury-on-Thames in 1970[5]
Romantic theories associated with film studios and rock stars are considered fanciful, however, and most ornithologists believe that the original birds probably escaped from aviaries before 1971.[6]

There is mention of them in George Orwell's 'A Clergyman's Daughter', first published 1935, in a conversation between homeless people in Trafalgar Square, though coconut palms are mentioned too.[7]

Immigrants?! They're likely 5th generation or more- born and bred Englanders. Just because they're a different colour to you...

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ctk nice work lol.😁</span>

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ctk nice work lol.😁</span>

One upside to the increase in Parakeet numbers:

However, British parakeets are not without natural predators; ornithologists have observed an increase in the population of birds of prey in London, and have reported sparrowhawks, peregrine falcons and hobbies predating on parakeets.[6]

always hear them but don't always see them - they're the same colour as leaves you see...

This chap also hangs around but never long enough to get proper camera out.

<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">However, British parakeets are not without natural predators; ornithologists have observed an increase in the population of birds of prey in London, and have reported sparrowhawks, peregrine falcons and hobbies predating on parakeets.</span>

My parrot brings all them folks to the yard
And everyone says he's the life of the yard
Damn right, ah he was the life of the yard
I could give you a tune on me pastoral flute but I'd ave to charge

there was a thread recently about air rifles

buy one and shoot the buggers

I used to live in Englefield Green and they were a bloody pain

Good on them for being able to thrive alongside man.

We squeeze out so many creatures. Indigenous or not a bit of tropical colour in a gloomy January is ok with me. 🙂

@poopscoop, I hope you don’t have fruit trees, or a fruit farm, those little green buggers will strip the trees clean of buds, which is why they’ve been cleared by DEFRA for culling.
Although I’d rather see raptors cull the noisy little sods!

No, admittedly none of those to be worried about. 😉