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Immigrant invasion the real reason.
I don't believe this version either.
I don't believe this version either.
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Very common in Manchester area too, see or hear them daily, sometimes feed in my garden.
Same in Hornchurch. Bloody things can’t even fly without screeching.
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Lots of invasive species are now being tackled, hopefully these and grey squirrels will soon be a thing of the past.
The researchers from Queen Mary University of London wrote, 'most ornithologists believe the parakeets' spread in the UK is more likely to be a consequence of repeated releases and introductions'.
Scientists have worked out that most wild UK parakeets are descended from birds that originally came from Pakistan and northern India, which were kept as pets before being released © Rolf E Staerk/ Shutterstock
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But why would someone give up a precious pet? In the early 1930s and again in the 1950s, 'parrot fever' made headline news, the researchers found, with cases of bird owners catching psittacosis, a respiratory disease that can result in pneumonia and can jump from birds to people.
The Ministry of Health banned the import of birds for 20 years and scientists suspect pets may have been released by fearful owners or dodgy pet traders during this time.
Accidental escapes, such as when aviaries were destroyed by the Great Storm of 1987, could also have boosted wild populations - and not just in the South East.
Why are there parakeets in London?
A popular theory was that the birds escaped from the set of the 1951 film The African Queen, filmed in West London. Another rumour was that Jimi Hendrix released a pair on Carnaby Street, right in the centre of the capital. But according to a study which mapped historical news reports of sightings of the birds, none of these urban myths are true.The researchers from Queen Mary University of London wrote, 'most ornithologists believe the parakeets' spread in the UK is more likely to be a consequence of repeated releases and introductions'.
Scientists have worked out that most wild UK parakeets are descended from birds that originally came from Pakistan and northern India, which were kept as pets before being released © Rolf E Staerk/ Shutterstock
Read more
But why would someone give up a precious pet? In the early 1930s and again in the 1950s, 'parrot fever' made headline news, the researchers found, with cases of bird owners catching psittacosis, a respiratory disease that can result in pneumonia and can jump from birds to people.
The Ministry of Health banned the import of birds for 20 years and scientists suspect pets may have been released by fearful owners or dodgy pet traders during this time.
Accidental escapes, such as when aviaries were destroyed by the Great Storm of 1987, could also have boosted wild populations - and not just in the South East.
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Racist!
I know
There are far too many green immigrants here, they are a right bunch of animals they sh1t everywhere and they make such a lot of noise.
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Making a fuss about nothing!
Don't know about that theory.
In the 80s we started seeing an invasion of them in south Italy from Africa.
Greece was experiencing the same problem at the same time.
By 1991, they'd invaded Milan when I visited a cousin.
In 1997, at a wedding in the middle of France near Limoges, I saw hundreds of them.
And finally, at the beginning of the millennium they appeared here and their numbers have grown exponentially.
Migration?
In the 80s we started seeing an invasion of them in south Italy from Africa.
Greece was experiencing the same problem at the same time.
By 1991, they'd invaded Milan when I visited a cousin.
In 1997, at a wedding in the middle of France near Limoges, I saw hundreds of them.
And finally, at the beginning of the millennium they appeared here and their numbers have grown exponentially.
Migration?
Not seen any around here
But first came across them in Weybridge
Was quite surprised tbh thought they had escaped from some ones avery
First saw them in Windsor many years ago and there were rumours they bred from an escaped pair. Then they seemed to spread along the Thames, richmond, Putney.
Bout 10 years ago to help someone out I did a job in Wraysbury, a dozen of the buggers would descend on a small tree in the garden every morning.
There’s a large number around this part of Surrey
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