scothunter 12,609 Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 escapees cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,716 Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 im suprised the winter or wild birds didnt kill them.or maybe thats just a myth about wild birds killing escaped budgies and stuff.well mateyoudont see that everyday lol they examined the mess round where some peregrines hang out in london and there was a skull of a parakeet,some red tail feathers from a african congo grey parrot along with remains of the blackbirds and feral pigeons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 for feck sake we are even getting foreign wild life taking over now. if its not native kill it i say. or they will be feck all british left. Right so we would be better off without ALL non native wildlife would we? Think before you speak. Some of us quite like having - fallow deer, muntjac deer, Chinese water deer, Sika deer, Rabbit, Hare, not to mention the countless species of foreign ducks, pheasants, quail, geese etc etc. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RicW 67 Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Ring-neck parakeets are listed as a pest species on General Licence. If they are invading nests of native species, destroying food supplies,or threatening crops, they can be shot or otherwise killed by any humane method. Their feathers make great fishing flies . . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Ring-neck parakeets are listed as a pest species on General Licence. If they are invading nests of native species, destroying food supplies,or threatening crops, they can be shot or otherwise killed by any humane method. Their feathers make great fishing flies . . . They also taste good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theferreter 311 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 african ring necks very nice parakeets espically the males Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hullhunter 219 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 for feck sake we are even getting foreign wild life taking over now. if its not native kill it i say. or they will be feck all british left. Right so we would be better off without ALL non native wildlife would we? Think before you speak. Some of us quite like having - fallow deer, muntjac deer, Chinese water deer, Sika deer, Rabbit, Hare, not to mention the countless species of foreign ducks, pheasants, quail, geese etc etc. and why do you like having it around ???? so you can kill it so think before you speak. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RicW 67 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 If you shoot and wound a ring-necked parakeet, and humanely dispatch it by the usual method, does it become a wrung-necked parakeet? Ric Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GET THEM OUT (.)(.) 39 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 on the very 1st day of my new job a few months back i was in a small village just outside boston i kept seeing these birds fly over me, , asked my boss and the other work mates if they had seen the parrets flying over they all looked at me like i was a head case, not until the local farmer turned up did i prove my point, felt like a right c**t to start with tho, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kenny14 656 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Well i think they look real nice! would like to see them round here There used to be some near you - around Acklam hall but I'm not sure whether they're still there. I last saw 2 near Ormesby but that was over a year ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chimp 299 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 on the licence this year so go nuts , they are making a mess of bell towers etc.. there are a few rumours on how they started in this country , the best one i heard was that jimmy hendrix released a couple as a sign of peace and it took off from there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamaha 7 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 I was told they were escapees from a private collection around the Chertsey area in the 60s. I can vouch for the early morning screaching, breeding like pigeons and the pushing out of our native birds. Never eaten one, but can see why fishing flies would be changing colour! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fozzy41 9 Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Me and some pals shot quite a few last year in the Kent area, good sport and bloody hard and fast to get onto. All you hear is that noise and all of a sudden they appear. They are cracking looking birds mind you. fozzy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Seeker 3,048 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I was working in Hayes London yesterday, I saw a flock of around 20 green parakeets darting around like starlings. If I hadn't see it with my own eyes wouldn't have believed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hob&Jill 258 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 im suprised the winter or wild birds didnt kill them.or maybe thats just a myth about wild birds killing escaped budgies and stuff.well mateyoudont see that everyday lol South of england you do mate. Honestly they are pretty common, I see them most days. There was a few that you could get within 6 ft or so that used to eat from the bird feeder where I used to work. atb, HJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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