Ben wrote:

Hello all,

I am a Canadian journalist and am working on a story about the
expanding parakeet population in London.
My research tells me that the population is currently expanding at 30
per cent annually for at least the last 5 years and is continuing to
grow. A favorite food of the birds in the city - fruit, vegetables,
cereal grains etc.
My request is this: have any of you had your gardens pecked at by
parakeets?sightings of parakeets in your gardens or friends gardens?
Anybody in London or the suburbs who could help me and would be
willing to talk would be great. Thank you kindly.


Ben, while there's nothing wrong with asking about this in
uk.rec.gardening, there's also uk.rec.birdwatching -- some of whom do
watch birds in their gardens!

We lived in Chertsey, Surrey about 20 years ago, and ring-necked
parakeets came regularly if not frequently to our birdfeeder (a wire
tube containing peanuts). The first time I saw one I literally could not
believe my eyes; it shone like a jewel against the drab grey and brown
of our garden in winter.

regards
sarah

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NB. Note change of *usenet* email address:
'amitiel.demon.do.uk' will soon cease to function.
My other email address will remain valid.
Think of it as evolution in action :-)