Fetch Birdwatchers
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165 watchers
May 2018
7:49pm, 28 May 2018
3,066 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
I had a budgie in my garden once.
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May 2018
12:47am, 29 May 2018
17,590 posts
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flanker
is that some sort of euphemism? parakeets are now common in the wild in many parts of the country; so much so they are now classed as a naturalised species. |
May 2018
6:16am, 29 May 2018
2,813 posts
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ferret
We had a parakeet & a cockatiel locally for nearly a year, sadly I haven’t seen them recently. Escapees or throwaways I suppose. I wonder if anyone knows of a U.K. birdsong recording I could buy, looking up “who” I think is singing is a help, I’d like to learn more, last week was spent at Portland bird observatory (brilliant place) & I was recommended one that you can listen to in the the car etc. & should have written it down 👵🏻 . The only one I found, didn’t include enough birds, I do know my garden friends song 
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May 2018
8:11am, 29 May 2018
28,820 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
In London, apparently parakeets and other parrot species are in all the parks, escaped from a house or cage and now living wild? londonist.com
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May 2018
8:15am, 29 May 2018
720 posts
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Andrew65
Yes, we get Parakeets in our garden. They are very fond of the plums and Damsons.
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May 2018
10:08am, 29 May 2018
25,916 posts
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Derby Tup
I saw a parakeet near Burnley in East Lancashire last year
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May 2018
1:56pm, 29 May 2018
2,587 posts
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steve45
A single Starling in my garden! The first one since August 2014! Had a RN Parakeet once in 2010. They haven't colonised Wales ..yet...but they are taking their time! |
May 2018
4:49pm, 29 May 2018
1,974 posts
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jacdaw
I like the (urban myth?) that Jimi Hendrix was responsible for London's parakeet population. On a more mundane level, we have a local cuckoo for the first time for a few years. I saw quite a few swifts over the Tyne at Hexham this morning, and a pristine oystercatcher probing the A69 roundabout, right next to the traffic. |
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May 2018
4:52pm, 29 May 2018
1,975 posts
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jacdaw
Ther are feral macaws in Kirkby Stephen.
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May 2018
4:58pm, 29 May 2018
17,573 posts
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KinkyS
I did a doubletake when I saw the macaws in Kirkby Stephen! Manchester has an established parakeet population too now, I've seen them in Didsbury, Sale, Stretford, Chorlton... |
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