Do parakeets live wild in UK ?

[LIZS]

Unusual bird on our feeder just now. Large green with yellow head, red beak, long tail. Think it is a ring necked parakeet according ot dc's book. Do they normally live wild ?

yes there are some parakeets living wild
where are you in the country?

Surrey

Yes. There's a whole bunch of them in and aroiund Windsor. Been there years. They are breeding now.

they can do if they escape but I think they are often mobbed or killed by other birds.. Catch it and you might get a reward from the owner!

There are certainly flocks living in Kew Gardens. Did it look like this

There are loads wild in the UK.
THere's a theory that they escaped from Pinewood Studios when they were 'props' on a Bond Movie.
Noisy feckers can fend for themselves, believe me.

There are loads in the South of England! Huge flock at some rugby club iirc.

yes loads in and around richmond/twickenham/hampton - you see quite a few in bushy park

that's the one !

yes we have loads we live in kingston the biggest flock in the uk live at esher rugby club

loads of them in chiswick

there has been some debate about whether they should cull them as they are pushing out native birds but I love them

Zillions flying past my window right now - Esher. They are quite surreal. They fill a tree at the bottom of our garden everynight and squark like crazy

My parents had an african green parrot worth hundreds of pounds living wild in and around their garden near Hull for ten years. It was eventally killed in a storm. It had escaped from its owner in gateshead and was quite famous among bird watchers.

and now we have our resident woodpecker !

we have a woodpecker as well lizs and we have had loads of goldfinches this year

Oh god I hate them. They have the most hideous squawk. I've seen them at Richmond, Windsor and on Hampstead Heath now ...

There's loads of them in a couple of parks in Amsterdam (Vondelpark and a smaller one)

I think there are somethng like 350,000 wild parakeets in southern England.

There are certainly a lot in S london - a common sight in Brockwell, Dulwich and Hornimann parks, anyway.

They are a significant pest and have ruined a vineyard in Kent - eaten £20,000 worth of grapes

I've also seen a small flock of 'wild' budgies in Jubilee Gardens

There are lodas of them in Brighton

Lizs I know from previous posts you are near me, there are loads round Redhill and Reigate, we have definately had them in our garden.

Loads too in Staines/Egham - around the river.