Ring-Necked Parakeets

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16-07-21, 20:31
Moodybluebird

Ring-Necked Parakeets

Seen loads in London but just saw my first one in Rumney. I'd heard that they were moving further west but didn't expect to see one so soon. Noisy blighters mind and such a giveaway if you hear one.
16-07-21, 20:32
Vindec

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There are loads of them around where I live in Devon.
16-07-21, 20:35
Taunton Blue Genie

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Originally Posted by Vindec

There are loads of them around where I live in Devon.

Whereabouts is that, neighbour?
16-07-21, 20:38
Vindec

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Whereabouts is that, neighbour?

Near Exeter.
16-07-21, 20:40
Taunton Blue Genie

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Originally Posted by Vindec

Near Exeter.

Exeter, music of Jah people.
Not far from me then.
16-07-21, 20:44
Vindec

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Exeter, music of Jah people.
Not far from me then.

Not far. We've exchanged messages before about travelling to matches.
16-07-21, 20:54
Taunton Blue Genie

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Originally Posted by Vindec

Not far. We've exchanged messages before about travelling to matches.

I remember declining the offer to go dogging.
16-07-21, 21:02
Vindec

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

I remember declining the offer to go dogging.

With parakeets?
16-07-21, 21:08
Taunton Blue Genie

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Originally Posted by Vindec

With parakeets?

I could be tempted.
16-07-21, 21:23
Tuerto

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

I could be tempted.

Apparently, you're a bit of a 'Pretty Boy'
16-07-21, 21:37
Taunton Blue Genie

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Apparently, you're a bit of a 'Pretty Boy'

Gottle of gear, gottle of gear....
16-07-21, 21:46
Tuerto

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Apparently, these parrots were brought over by some rich bloke hundreds of years ago. They escaped (obviously) and adapted to the climate. Very prevalent in Kent. Interesting.
16-07-21, 22:43
xsnaggle

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Apparently, these parrots were brought over by some rich bloke hundreds of years ago. They escaped (obviously) and adapted to the climate. Very prevalent in Kent. Interesting.

P'raps they adapted to the climate and the then escaped. :shrug:

(This is meant to be a humorous comment but I've forgotten the colour codes, so if you're all going to pile on please co-ordinate your colours)
16-07-21, 22:49
tomcat

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Apparently, these parrots were brought over by some rich bloke hundreds of years ago. They escaped (obviously) and adapted to the climate. Very prevalent in Kent. Interesting.

There are loads of myths as to how they came to being released, including one involving Jimmy Hendrix releasing a load. I have family in Surrey and the actual reason is that in the great storms of 1987 a roof blew off a large local aviary and a load of them escaped. My sister regularly has six or more of them on her bird feeders. They are noisy bastards though:hehe:
16-07-21, 23:10
Tuerto

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There are loads of myths as to how they came to being released, including one involving Jimmy Hendrix releasing a load. I have family in Surrey and the actual reason is that in the great storms of 1987 a roof blew off a large local aviary and a load of them escaped. My sister regularly has six or more of them on her bird feeders. They are noisy bastards though:hehe:

That actually makes sense. Michael Fish' fault.
17-07-21, 01:21
Moodybluebird

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Originally Posted by tomcat

There are loads of myths as to how they came to being released, including one involving Jimmy Hendrix releasing a load. I have family in Surrey and the actual reason is that in the great storms of 1987 a roof blew off a large local aviary and a load of them escaped. My sister regularly has six or more of them on her bird feeders. They are noisy bastards though:hehe:

Indeed they are. My son lives in Greenford and they're flying around his house most of the day. I think they roost in Perivale Park, which is just around the corner from him.
17-07-21, 06:02
Taunton Blue Genie

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Apparently, these parrots were brought over by some rich bloke hundreds of years ago. They escaped (obviously) and adapted to the climate. Very prevalent in Kent. Interesting.

You're just repeating what you heard.
17-07-21, 06:20
the other bob wilson

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As something of an ornithologist, I was amazed to see the Ring Necked Parakeet included in a book of bird visitors to British Gardens that was published in the nineties. I can remember looking into how they arrived in the country at the time and my findings matched what the RSPB website says today - it's impossible to pin down exactly how it happened, but it seems to have taken place sometime in the seventies.

I notice that the RSPB's page on the bird says that they are still limited to the south east of England and that "Birds are regularly reported elsewhere in Britain, and are likely to be local escapees.".

https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/pol...ked-parakeets/

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wi...cked-parakeet/
17-07-21, 06:34
Taunton Blue Genie

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

As something of an ornithologist, I was amazed to see the Ring Necked Parakeet included in a book of bird visitors to British Gardens that was published in the nineties. I can remember looking into how they arrived in the country at the time and my findings matched what the RSPB website says today - it's impossible to pin down exactly how it happened, but it seems to have taken place sometime in the seventies.

I notice that the RSPB's page on the bird says that they are still limited to the south east of England and that "Birds are regularly reported elsewhere in Britain, and are likely to be local escapees.".

https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/pol...ked-parakeets/

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wi...cked-parakeet/

When I visited Australia I suddenly saw a flock of parrots flying overhead and my initial split-second thought was that they must have escaped from somewhere...
17-07-21, 09:09
Tuerto

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

You're just repeating what you heard.

:hehe:
17-07-21, 09:33
bobh

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

When I visited Australia I suddenly saw a flock of parrots flying overhead and my initial split-second thought was that they must have escaped from somewhere...

That's right.
Some Aussies took them home from Britain and they afapted to the warm climate and escaped...
17-07-21, 10:59
tforturton

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I visited Barcelona a couple of years ago, and noticed large flocks of parakeets around the city. I thought that was odd at the time, until I saw similar groups of birds in London. Now it seems they're spreading across the country. I blame climate change. There will be crocodiles in the Taff soon...
17-07-21, 11:00
Moodybluebird

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Originally Posted by bobh

That's right.
Some Aussies took them home from Britain and they afapted to the warm climate and escaped...

When I went to Australia a few years ago, I was walking along one of the main thoroughfares in Sydney when quite a few Sulphur Crested Cockatoos flew over my head. Made a refreshing change from the pigeons and marauding gulls you see in Queen Street.
17-07-21, 13:27
OurManFlint II

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Originally Posted by tforturton

I visited Barcelona a couple of years ago, and noticed large flocks of parakeets around the city. I thought that was odd at the time, until I saw similar groups of birds in London. Now it seems they're spreading across the country. I blame climate change. There will be crocodiles in the Taff soon...

Its a war in Barcelona, 7 different types of the noisy f***kers, in some places where they cause damage the city has introduced Falcon to combat them.
17-07-21, 14:37
Taunton Blue Genie

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

That actually makes sense. Michael Fish' fault.

Michael Fish wasn't German.
17-07-21, 16:30
Tuerto

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Michael Fish wasn't German.

Obviously, because if he was, that weather forecast would've been spot on and down to the minute. That's the Germans for you.
18-07-21, 14:16
light up the darkness

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We have a psittacula alexandri in our apartment called kango. Also called a red chested parakeet.

I’ve never seen one anywhere else
18-07-21, 14:20
Tuerto

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Originally Posted by light up the darkness

We have a psittacula alexandri in our apartment called kango. Also called a red chested parakeet.

I’ve never seen one anywhere else

Kango must be doing alright if he's renting his own apartment.
18-07-21, 16:42
Taunton Blue Genie

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Kango must be doing alright if he's renting his own apartment.

He knows the drill.
18-07-21, 19:14
NYCBlue

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Isn't there some urban legend about them having escaped from Marc Bolan's house?
18-07-21, 19:18
Tuerto

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

Isn't there some urban legend about them having escaped from Marc Bolan's house?

I ****ing hope so. That's quality.
18-07-21, 19:22
jeepster

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

I ****ing hope so. That's quality.

Nah not true
18-07-21, 21:22
tricks

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Not Bolan, Marianne what’s her name... FACT. Played golf at Sale recently and there was loads of the feckers. Near Manchester.
19-07-21, 19:08
Dobbo

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There are many different types of parrots in OZ.

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