Green parrots in cemetery ?

[Pete Elliott]

Hi all, does anyone know what kind of small green birds fly around Handsworth Cemetery, and they possibly a type of parrot, there seemed to be dozens there this last Monday morning

 

[Alberta]

I don't know about this cemetery but there are loads of green parakeets around Chelmsley , Kingshurst and Castle bromwich, they started off years ago in Shard End and then spread out.
They are noisy little devils and eat apples on the trees

 

[Pete Elliott]

I don't know about this cemetery but there are loads of green parakeets around Chelmsley , Kingshurst and Castle bromwich, they started off years ago in Shard End and then spread out.
They are noisy little devils and eat apples on the trees

Thanks Alberta, I’ve seen the odd one or two before on my visits to family graves but this last week there were quite a few flying in and out of the trees

 

[A Sparks]

We have loads of them in London!
In my area they are so many of them in the trees in the parks and other areas where there are large trees. When I came here in 1998 it would have been unbelievable to think of something like that happening in the UK.

St James's Park

Feral parakeets in Great Britain - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Keith R]

not picked up any on my bird call App at Brandwood ...YET...

 

[Mark Tooze]

The little buggers have been in Sutton Coldfield for a couple of years now - a few at first nested in a tree next to the Newhall Valley Park boardwalk where I took the photos below - now they are everywhere - a whole flock of them flew over us a few weeks ago:-

 

[Astoness]

The little buggers have been in Sutton Coldfield for a couple of years now - a few at first nested in a tree next to the Newhall Valley Park boardwalk where I took the photos below View attachment 223181- now they are everywhere - a whole flock of them flew over us a few weeks ago:-
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i think they are lovely...we must keep the wildlife going

lyn

 

[A Sparks]

i think they are lovely...we must keep the wildlife going

lyn

They are, but I understand they can cause problems with aspects of our own wildlife.

 

[pigsonthewing]

Ring-necked parakeet. They are feral (i.e. a naturalised, self sustaining population from artificially-introduced ancestors).

Ring-necked parakeet | Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust

The bright green ring-necked parakeet is an escapee and our only naturalised parrot; its success is likely due to warmer winters.

www.bbcwildlife.org.uk

 

[mikejee]

MIght not be scientifically accurate , but the most feral things to my mind are pigeons despite that definition