JDog Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Driving back from Kent this afternoon I had just joined the M4 from the M25 when two birds with long tails flew across the motorway some distance ahead of me. At first I thought that they were magpies but when they landed in a tree on the motorway edge I could clearly see that they were Ring necked Parakeets. A quick glance into the trees adjacent to where they had landed I was quite amazed to see another 40 or 50 birds of the same species. The colours of these birds were being highlighted by the lowering sun. It was quite a spectacle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly47 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 tons of them around that area JDog, it is quite impressive when you see them but they make a hell of a racket. was hundreds about when I was working near Kew Gardens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Are they classed as pest now and controlled ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly47 Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 they are on the list yes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQc0alPNmiw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 they are on the list yes. Thank you Such a nice bird to shoot ,but everything has to be controlled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Great to see but a real pain, noise mess and damage to native species, woodpeckers in particular.. In West London, Richmond Park in particular there are flocks of many hundreds. We have them now in Hertfordshire, not in big numbers but no doubt they will be before long. Not shot one as yet, no real need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossEM Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 We used to see them at the farm I worked on near Great Missenden, and I saw some in Beaconsfield recently. They could well be a serious pest in 50 years time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 We have seen them in Richmond Park, very attractive, but if they are affecting the native species they should be culled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) Not only are we being invaded in human form but by birds as well. Edited January 19, 2015 by Whitebridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Not only are we being invaded in human form but by birds as well. What about the Grey Squirrels, signal crayfish, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berettacocker Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 What about the Grey Squirrels, signal crayfish, etc.yes, wipe out the lot! Regards to parakeets, the only bird that green I want to see in Britain is the Greenfinch, which seem very scarce nowadays ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 What about the Grey Squirrels, signal crayfish, etc. I did try shooting signal crayfish but it was a very difficult time and I had to give it up as I cant stand getting wet, As for the parakeets, we dont have them in Norfolk as far as I know, but there is a u-tube vid with Andy Crow ( aka the crowman ) shooting pigeons where he mentions these birds being a pest on some of the crops, we lived in New Zealand a few years back where we had colonies of them living in nearby woods, I remember they were very noisy, but very timid and difficult to get near to, I never bothered with them as I was using .22 rimfire on the massive rabbit population we had, the only time I got the shotgun out was when I went after the local wild pheasant population , always had plenty to shoot at , happy days. B) B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 What about the Grey Squirrels, signal crayfish, etc. They are good to eat not sure about the Parakeets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fse10 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Sat over my fishing lake one afternoon & watched the parakeets going into woodpecker nest holes & chucking the young out on to the ground, have shot eight of them as see a flock of 80- 100 birds most weeks over there & a fast twisting target they make to. Have some nice tail feathers on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powler Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 They were talking about them on the BBC Winterwatch programme tonight, had a flock of 4000 roosting in some popular trees. Great programme btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Where do we stand with egrets? (legally speaking) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 We used to see them at the farm I worked on near Great Missenden, and I saw some in Beaconsfield recently. They could well be a serious pest in 50 years time. They are already in many areas, including some close to those two. They are very challenging shot though, maybe there is an emerging market selling days on them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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