Theyre cute until they kill their rival birds and strip the trees of food for indigenous species.
They’re a total menace unfortunately. They outcompete indigenous species and denude areas of biodiversity.
Noisy buggers
They are so common in the woods near Shooters Hill. Sadly I don’t think they’re great for the ecosystem. I also wonder how they survive the winters.
To people who call these animals menace or pests, look at yourself and your family in the mirror. You are a far bigger pest than 10,000 of these birds. They simply learned to adapt to their environment all across Europe, from Costa Del Sol to France, UK, Germany and rest of Central Europe. These guys have expanded extremely quick and well across the continent, stop the hate, start to appreciate
We desperately require a cull of these parakeets in addition to predatory, aggressive birds (like magpies) but the naive bunch in government have been watching too many Disney movies to authorise a mass cull… HOWEVER, if you’re willing to learn the ropes of air rifle shooting (and have a large, safe garden to do so) you can help by culling invasive species under the [General License](https://basc.org.uk/general-licences/england/). This and grey squirrels desperately need their numbers controlling, so if you’ve got the guts for it, give it a go.
I am prepared for the downvotes, given this is r/london and most of us are naive to the reality of UK nature and auto-downvote any mention of killing anything.
That one in the hole is so darn cute!
Such a distinctive noise they make.
I saw a couple flying around outside Turnpike Lane Station just before Christmas.
SOOO CUTE!
Love the fact that we have parakeets to be honest. So bizarrely wonderful
Parakeets are NOT CUTE
They are an invasive species, have replaced many native British birds and have turned what used to be a musical dawn chorus into a cacophony of squawks.
They are voracious breeders with their numbers in London increasing by 30% per year. They affect the foraging practices of blue tits and great tits, take over holes that would have been used by woodpeckers, and start cavity nest breeding in February so preventing breeding by jackdaws, stock doves, kestrels, starlings and nuthatches. They are attacking our fruit crops, particularly plums, grapes and cherries.
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Theyre cute until they kill their rival birds and strip the trees of food for indigenous species.
They’re a total menace unfortunately. They outcompete indigenous species and denude areas of biodiversity.
Noisy buggers
They are so common in the woods near Shooters Hill. Sadly I don’t think they’re great for the ecosystem. I also wonder how they survive the winters.
To people who call these animals menace or pests, look at yourself and your family in the mirror. You are a far bigger pest than 10,000 of these birds. They simply learned to adapt to their environment all across Europe, from Costa Del Sol to France, UK, Germany and rest of Central Europe. These guys have expanded extremely quick and well across the continent, stop the hate, start to appreciate
These are an invasive species that are contributing to a ton of our indigenous population of birds finding themselves on the conservation [red list](https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/publications/bocc-5-a5-4pp-single-pages.pdf) – along with house cats which commit an ongoing genocide against small birds…
We desperately require a cull of these parakeets in addition to predatory, aggressive birds (like magpies) but the naive bunch in government have been watching too many Disney movies to authorise a mass cull… HOWEVER, if you’re willing to learn the ropes of air rifle shooting (and have a large, safe garden to do so) you can help by culling invasive species under the [General License](https://basc.org.uk/general-licences/england/). This and grey squirrels desperately need their numbers controlling, so if you’ve got the guts for it, give it a go.
I am prepared for the downvotes, given this is r/london and most of us are naive to the reality of UK nature and auto-downvote any mention of killing anything.
That one in the hole is so darn cute!
Such a distinctive noise they make.
I saw a couple flying around outside Turnpike Lane Station just before Christmas.
SOOO CUTE!
Love the fact that we have parakeets to be honest. So bizarrely wonderful
Parakeets are NOT CUTE
They are an invasive species, have replaced many native British birds and have turned what used to be a musical dawn chorus into a cacophony of squawks.
They are voracious breeders with their numbers in London increasing by 30% per year. They affect the foraging practices of blue tits and great tits, take over holes that would have been used by woodpeckers, and start cavity nest breeding in February so preventing breeding by jackdaws, stock doves, kestrels, starlings and nuthatches. They are attacking our fruit crops, particularly plums, grapes and cherries.
No, there is nothing cute about these pests.
According to RSPB “[No evidence (exists) of significant impact to native wildlife](https://www.pitchcare.com/blogs/news/noisy-neighbours-ring-necked-parakeets?srsltid=AfmBOook7Co3JoOfDILJz5okKDpNV0t6hQu4tN1PwfwZUOdim5K7tS2r)” to those claiming they’re not cute, ruining wildlife etc. they’ve been here for over 50 years, there would be enough evidence on the contrary if it was a problem.
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