Question for UKers

[Berserka]

Just out of curiosity, do you guys have any natural parrot species?
In particular England.

[alexandra]

good question i dunno! i'm sure someone can tell us

[geofflondon]

No we don't

Though thanks to global warming and escapee pets we have several colonies of plum headed and ring necked parrots around the south east/west.

[alexandra]

nah i dont think we have but i've heard some pet parrots that have escaped or been released have managed to survive as they are being fed at a certain areas. Mike's cousin has seen some flying wild around London.

[geofflondon]

alexandra said:

nah i dont think we have but i've heard some pet parrots that have escaped or been released have managed to survive as they are being fed at a certain areas. Mike's cousin has seen some flying wild around London.

Yeah, I went to Richmond Park to study the Red Deer for my degree. However, I spent most of the time with my binoculors watching the parakeets flying around in the tree's!

[Admin]

geofflondon said:

alexandra said:

nah i dont think we have but i've heard some pet parrots that have escaped or been released have managed to survive as they are being fed at a certain areas. Mike's cousin has seen some flying wild around London.

Yeah, I went to Richmond Park to study the Red Deer for my degree. However, I spent most of the time with my binoculors watching the parakeets flying around in the tree's!

you learned a lot about red deer on that trip then

[Berserka]

geofflondon said:

No we don't

Though thanks to global warming and escapee pets we have several colonies of plum headed and ring necked parrots around the south east/west.

That's a shame.
I'm saddened when pet birds escape, especially in a parrot free country as that means the local birds get out competed for food and oftentimes these escaped birds become pests.