Ring-Neck Parakeets taking over UK

[Mups]

I have just read that DEFRA reckons Parakeets are taking over in this country.

In 2011, there were only about 5,000 of these birds in this country,  but they have now increased to around 30,000.
It is said they are competing with out native birds for food and nesting sites now.

I suppose this is going to be the next excuse to order a cull on wildlife --- after the poor Badgers, Deer, Foxes, Wild Boar,  and anything else man seem to enjoy killing.

[klondike]

I think that last comment could earn you a couple of years out of the cold 

[Scrumpy]

I have seen Parakeets in my local park.. 
They have been coming and going for at least twenty years.. They travel in small flocks.. 
They never came near the house ..
I have also noticed fewer birds in the garden..

[muddy]

Don't they eat nuts and seeds put out by humans ? 

[Mups]

The  thing is,  it has always been the law of nature that the strongest survive.

Lapwings, Greenfinches, Starlings, Sparrows and Thrushes are all becoming less now,    as are our little Hedgehogs.  I am sure the Parakeets can't be blamed for all those.
I think the Bird Flu nowadays hasn't helped.

Nice colourful birds,  aren't they.

[Mups]

I think that last comment could earn you a couple of years out of the cold 

Sorry.    Have deleted it now.  

[klondike]

It was only a joke. 

[Mups]

It was only a joke.

Not to worry.    There might have been someone offended I suppose. 

[klondike]

Not here. It was just a dig at two tier.

[Ashy]

I think a lot of birds and animals got released into the wild during the war when men were called up and food was rationed. I've seen parrots flying about in Acton and weren't there wallabies somewhere in England? Imagine having a wallaby nest in your tree.