Fucking parrots in the morning omg

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They are so loud!
Where did all of these green parrots in London come from anyway?
There's so much in NW10 they are like pigeons

Our parakeets (SE London) fight with the local squirrels - now there is a noise!

They are pretty. I’m in north London and have large mature trees at the foot of my garden which they frequent in the evenings. Unfortunately that’s where the sandpit and pool are located so they require me to run down there like a woman possessed each evening to cover everything because they produce massive quantities of avian manure like a big green rain cloud of shite. The top end is a patio which gets pillaged for my potted fruit so it’s like a bloody Hitchcock film here in the summer.

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They act as a pack, bomb diving the birds of prey away from their nesting area near me too.

Allow me to put Peacocks forward as the loudest bird known to mankind.
We have a gang of 16. Strangely no hens about, although there must be as they increase in number every year

I started sweating when I saw this thread title in case OP was talking about my bubz but I don't live in London so I'll put my blunderbuss away (for now).

Anyway, YABU. Birds ❤️ to sing in the morning - embrace the squawks.

You shouldn't fuck parrots at any time of day. 😷

Ah, I don't miss the parakeets screeching. We lived in SW London for a couple of years just after we were married and I thought someone was having me on when they told me about there being parakeets in London. I was wrong! Such a racket.

Probably not, but who can resist a cockatoo?

😳 doing what now?

When my brain swaps a p for a t 🤪

They’re a pain and all the little birds have disappeared as a result . Our neighbour feeds them and the noise is incredible. I really don’t like them at all.

The ones that build the huge multi-occupancy nests are Monk Parakeets, from South America. We don't have those in the UK (any more - there was a small population but it's been eradicated). Ours are Ring-necked Parakeets, which are native to the Indian subcontinent and Africa. They nest in holes in trees, and also have feral populations in various bits of mainland Europe.

It's natures way of reminding us we are totally fucking up the planet.

First you have the cats going at it because everyone thinks its fine to let domesticated animals roam free and kill wildlife and they are such precious pets that nobody has them spayed/neutered

Second you have the foxes going at until 4am because people cannot dispose of waste correctly and nobody gives two shits about recycling.

Then you have the parakeets start up because they are exploding in populations here due to climate change.

You then have idiots paving their gardens are removing foliage around safe badger routes and so you have the badgers around crashing through fences and sheds trying to find safe spaces to live and journey through.

We are in NW3.

Ps lets hope the Galahs don't arrive from Australia anytime soon because that will really add to the musical endeavours of our wildlife.

I absolutely read this as PARENTS not PARROTS! Thought the schools had gone back early

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Wow I did not know about the feral parakeets of London!

Do they scream who's a pretty boy then at 6am

It’s wood pigeons round here. They perch on the TV aerial and shout down the chimney which amplifies it round the living room. Also lots of metallic dinging and growly noises when they are having a fight.

Same hear. Feels like they have hobnailed boots on

There’s peacocks in London as well. Holland Park has a load, they sleep on people’s cars in car park in the sun then refuse to get off when people return.

Used to have flamingos on roof garden in High st Kensington also

I have them in the tall trees at the end of my back garden. I have them in the tall trees at the front of the house, yes they are noisy. They have taken the apples from my tree for the last few years and driven the other birds out.

We also get the FB posts about lost budgies, dead parrots etc. Always a parakeet. In spite of hundreds of replies people only post but never read (like here really) so are still unaware that the small green bird on their doorstep is not a budgie.

Ha ha, that is hilarious! How can you live in London and not have noticed the wild parakeets - the fuckers are everywhere!

The big groups are normally teen Batchelor groups hanging out together. As they pair off it gets quieter.

then it obviously starts again

Please don't give them any ideas. They are probably all reading mumsnet now before having a chill sleep afternoon way up with the lovely white noise sounds of the parks.

We love them

I live in Berkshire. The parekeets are slowly spreading westward along the M4 but have so far failed to establish a colony where I live (are in neighbouring towns.) I wonder if this is because we have a large population of Red Kites that are known to sometimes prey on smaller birds, the colour of the parakeets making them easy to spot?