Green parakeet in Grenoside

[Tazz070299 10]

The best thing you can do is dig out the old air rifle you have in the loft and shoot the buggers. As someone who lives in an area where flocks of parakeets now terrorise the local indigenous bird population I curse the individuals who first set some free.

[ll49 10]

Do you mind me asking whereabouts in the country you live Tazz070299? I've heard there are more and more birds surviving and breeding in the UK now that aren't indigenous. I love all animals but I know birds can be real bullies and I hate the thought of our bird populations dieing out.

[chipspice 10]

I was driving through grenoside earlier and saw a green parakeet sat on the roof of a house. I have come home and read about them and it seems they do live in wild in Britain. Has anyone else noticed any about.

 

In all seriousness i did see a poster for a missing green parakeet coming back on the bus from Killamarsh...

[Dot 10]

Is it anywhere near the Red Lion in Grenoside?

[becj28 10]

The birds was on a roof on wheel lane

[Dreamking 10]

I saw one a couple of years ago on Arundel Gate. I was in the Stoddart building opposite sainsburys and saw it on the window sill outside. Ran to get my camera but it was gone when i got back. I told everyone i had just seen a parrot (not very knowledgeable about birds im afraid) and they pretty much thought i was insane!

[old tup 30]

There are thousands of the buggers down south Kent area,the wine growing areas hate the parakeets,when the grapes ripen they descend en masse costing the growers a lot of cash in lost fruit!.It seems they are working their way north by the sightings reported on this thread,I saw one a few years back it flew across my car windscreen as I went around the M18-A1 roundabout.At the time I thought it was an escaped bird but I looked on the web and was surprised to learn how they are thriving in the wild!.