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  • Where to find parrots in London, England and MORE! Learn about the beautiful, brave, and invasive ring-necked parakeet, a bird that now calls the United Kingdom its home.
    This American RUclipsr went on an adventure in the British city to find these birds. Join me as we learn about these adorable invasive birds in the UK.
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Комментарии • 393

  • @KoawNature
    @KoawNature  4 года назад +30

    It's important. How do you feel?
    The following is Koaw’s reply to a comment on this video:
    I see your argument Robin. It is quite possible that this video is causing certain individuals to become more infatuated with this naturalized species. It’s an intriguing actuality in our world. I wholeheartedly disagree that I have done a disservice to the wildlife of your country, of which, I assume you are from by your spelling of “romanticised” and “colours.”
    Robin, let’s address this unfair remark: “You look like you love wildlife but aren’t considering conservation of British wildlife by invasive species.” I study complex ecosystems for a living. Had you watched, or at least attentively watched, the entire video then you would have realized that I had mentioned this species as invasive as well as addressed the lack of information on the existential effects this species has on the local ecosystems. And insinuating that my love of wildlife is lessened because of something I had previously addressed is rather foolish. Is it not?
    You were wise enough to use the words “probably” and “possibly” in your argument. The British wildlife management organizations need to produce more research on this species. Is this species indeed damaging local bird populations? If so which ones? Is it helping other bird populations like raptors? Are most populations localized to cities? Is it creating niches or taking over niches? Only when there is sufficient data will legislation be put into action.
    My channel does inform and make a positive difference in this world. I avoid compromising its attachment to scientific knowledge by manufacturing false narratives about any animals or ecosystems in my productions. Invariably people will become more aware of the rose-ringed parakeet after watching this video. Though I believe I fairly described the bird as it exists as a naturalized species. I suggest that if you want action taken against this bird species then you write your political representatives and get more involved in local activism.
    Thank you for your comment! I believe this is an important issue that should receive more attention in the United Kingdom. Ergo I will copy/paste my reply and pin it to the top of this page.
    Cheers!
    Original comment by a Mr. Robin T. :
    "Disagree
    with the damaging message you could be portraying here. You look like you love
    wildlife but aren’t considering conservation of British wildlife by invasive
    species. You are doing damage by romanticising this invasive bird, already look
    at the comment section of how people absolute love these birds and feeding
    them. They are overpopulating fast and competing with British wildlife, they
    probably are causing immense damage to native British bird populations and
    vegetation. Our wildlife is already massively under threat with large portions
    of native British wildlife disappearing. By showing how “cool” it is to feed
    them, how beautiful they are and the “cool” fact of them being in the UK you
    are romanticising these birds and therefor contributing towards damage to the
    eco system from invasive species and the possible decline in native bird
    populations. There is already massive public uproar about controlling and
    culling these birds because misinformed citizens are already romanticised by
    their beautiful colours and people see these videos of people feeding them. You
    have the ability with this channel and followers to inform them on these birds
    and make a difference.... very sad"

    • @idkman8962
      @idkman8962 3 года назад

      You could literally shelter ur plants or put up a birdhouse with seeds (cheap) and let the birds eat that and go their way. You also get to watch these little cuties maybe evn make friends but ppl like him get satisfaction of watching things die. If he did it JUST bc they were unvasive hed feel like shit and wouldnt post this and act so proud abt it. Hed shoot a human too if it was legal. But, what goes round comes round :)

    • @idkman8962
      @idkman8962 3 года назад

      How about u just leave ur gf if u have trust issues like that, thats fuckedup

    • @talons9877
      @talons9877 2 года назад

      👍👍👍Soooo l Good. you 2 !!! But sad about Put / K ....

    • @like-icecream
      @like-icecream 2 года назад +1

      birds lives matter

    • @Old-Skull.
      @Old-Skull. Год назад

      I think you find more than parakets in London

  • @VenusEvan_1885
    @VenusEvan_1885 2 года назад +35

    We have thousands of ringneck parrots here in Germany as well , they're in many western German big cities, such as Düsseldorf, Cologne, Mannheim , Heidelberg,etc..

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  2 года назад +3

      Nice. Thanks for sharing!

    • @twanaomar4506
      @twanaomar4506 Год назад +3

      I watched a short vedio about those at Stuttgart

    • @Pike737
      @Pike737 Год назад +4

      ​​@@twanaomar4506the ones in Stuttgart are from the Americas, yellow heads

    • @chrispoel316
      @chrispoel316 Год назад +2

      as a regular visitor of koningsallee, dusseldorf i just wanted to say ! i can confirm they fly in dusseldorf. at night they land on the trees at koningsallee

    • @amitbach8344
      @amitbach8344 9 месяцев назад

      I have bred many ringneck parakeets.
      These are of the manilliensis supspecies.

  • @renas.lawlan728
    @renas.lawlan728 Год назад +6

    I lived in Cheshunt, just north of London and had lots of parrots come to my garden. It was great watching the bird feeders and the wars between the squirrels and the parrots for the food. Live entertainment!

  • @pippahill668
    @pippahill668 5 лет назад +28

    Such fun filming this! Even though I'm now scared of birds....

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  5 лет назад +1

      You did wonderful! Thanks so much for being a part of this project!

    • @jigsey.
      @jigsey. 3 года назад +2

      Pip you were the star of the show, why ain't you youtubbing

  • @montanamtngirl
    @montanamtngirl 2 года назад +19

    I went to London many years ago, and never saw the parrots. This is amazing that they are so adaptive. I didn't realize the gray squirrel was not indigenous to England. Very interesting..great video!!❤🦜

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  2 года назад +2

      Thanks Montanamtngirl!

    • @montanamtngirl
      @montanamtngirl 2 года назад +1

      @@KoawNature You are welcome!! Thank you for investigating these adorable parrots!!😊

    • @Yogoniogi
      @Yogoniogi Год назад +3

      they ran out all our red squirrels out

    • @mmc5005
      @mmc5005 Год назад

      It is not amazing at all as they are invasive species and possess threat on native species in the UK. I think we will consider them as flying rats soon.

    • @stupididiot6116
      @stupididiot6116 Год назад

      @@Yogoniogi……..a bit like the indigenous populations of Birmingham ,Bradford & London ! …..been run out of town by non English

  • @nicholasbiddle7893
    @nicholasbiddle7893 2 года назад +7

    That red squirrel looked more British than any other animal I've ever seen.

  • @ibrahimbeg6165
    @ibrahimbeg6165 Год назад +4

    These are always in my garden here in east London every summer and feed on my neighbour's pear tree.

  • @sarahkay1995
    @sarahkay1995 Год назад +10

    We have them in our back garden in walsall West midlands at the moment they are everywhere. Such beautiful birds

  • @MrBlaqgold
    @MrBlaqgold Год назад +2

    Theyre rife in Northolt... have them squawking in trees around my garden all the time.... i love em though... theyre beautiful

  • @IO-zz2xy
    @IO-zz2xy Год назад +7

    Even stranger is the huge population 300 to 550 wild Rheas (south American flightless birds) in Northern Germany. They are thriving in that much colder climate. Quite amazing.
    Regards from South Africa

    • @darrensartin9310
      @darrensartin9310 Год назад +1

      Would love to see one of them wild. (WOULD RATHER BACK MY SELF WITH A RING NECK). SEE THEM EVERY DAY AND HOPE THAT NEVER CHANGES. Can't wait for the first rhea. Is anyone still alive to remember the first time they saw gray squirrels

  • @pauldavies6505
    @pauldavies6505 4 года назад +11

    Their are hundreds of these in Manchester as well. Had some in our garden this weekend.

    • @peteradaniel
      @peteradaniel 3 года назад +2

      I’m in Whalley range and I woke up to see four on the branch outside of my window. I was aghast.

    • @moritamikamikara3879
      @moritamikamikara3879 Год назад

      Something alive in Manchester...?
      Really!?
      I don't know if I believe you...

  • @moritamikamikara3879
    @moritamikamikara3879 Год назад +1

    Yeah I got these guys in my garden.

  • @kimblecheat
    @kimblecheat Год назад +1

    Yep, Bishop’s Park-I’ll admit it freaked me out when I first saw them.

  • @patthewoodboy
    @patthewoodboy Год назад +1

    Got lots of these in Harlow Essex , they migrated up the River Lea/River Stort

  • @peanutboxes4076
    @peanutboxes4076 Год назад +2

    I see them in flocks almost daily here in the outer North West London/Hertfordshire area. Along with foxes I love the interesting wild life we have in London. I lived briefly in rural Scotland for over a year, didn’t see any parrots or foxes up there, not even one fox!! Come back to London and see foxes trotting around residential streets in the daytime and swarms of green birds in the skies. It’s pretty surreal if you think about it.

  • @joannataylor3089
    @joannataylor3089 5 лет назад +16

    I saw so many parrots in hyde park and fed 2 whole cups of peanuts, there were so many

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  5 лет назад +2

      I'm sure they were very happy you brought them peanuts! That's good protein.

    • @joannataylor3089
      @joannataylor3089 5 лет назад +2

      Yeah they were so attracted to the peanuts!

    • @batdog12100
      @batdog12100 3 года назад

      Handfeeding a wild bird is a very poor idea.
      By making them comfortable around humands you massively lower their survival-rate

    • @Tismesue
      @Tismesue 3 года назад

      @@batdog12100
      There are many countries in the world where countless wild birds are caught for food or sport, I don't think that's a problem in UK though.

    • @batdog12100
      @batdog12100 3 года назад

      @@Tismesue Feeding these birds is a pore reason for many reasons. One of them is that some might actually intend to hunt them.
      Another is that it most likely could lead to a cascade of events which would have dier consequences for these poor ringnecks and the ecosystem.

  • @adrianosousamendes2948
    @adrianosousamendes2948 11 месяцев назад +1

    Pip is super beautiful.

  • @admiralbenbow5083
    @admiralbenbow5083 Год назад +2

    I live between SW London and Guildford. I had not seen a parakeet for several years. Last week several hundred appeared in a tree behind my house. They flitted around for a few days and now they are gone.

  • @toninocars
    @toninocars Год назад +2

    Even humans are invasive one way or the other , if ok for Indian people who love and set up in this land why not ok for these beautiful birds. I love these birds and will definitely go and see them soon.
    Thanks for sharing this with us 😊🐥🐥

    • @fabiolimadasilva3398
      @fabiolimadasilva3398 Год назад +2

      Of course we are... I am Brazilian and live in Rio. There are plenty of parakeets and parrots in my city. All invasive species.

    • @fs5866
      @fs5866 Год назад

      London is full of invasive species, sentient and non sentient.

    • @chunkyedwards5381
      @chunkyedwards5381 Год назад

      They displace native species.

  • @JelMain
    @JelMain Год назад +2

    Not far away (Regent's Park) we now have a fourth species of snake, the Aesculapian, has established itself. Appropriately, the Harley Street medical quarter is nearby!

  • @reialex
    @reialex Год назад +4

    Köln in Germany has an estimated population of 50K of now wild ringneck parrots , it’s amazing when they come in packs of more than 300 each time passing near the cars by the principal avenue in the end of the day!! The story is that decades ago some have escaped from the zoo

  • @doodles3075
    @doodles3075 Год назад +4

    I live on the Surrey London border. When we 1st moved here 18yrs ago at 5/ 5.30an the building behind us used to turn green for 15 minutes, then they were gone.
    In the evening you would see them fly past in small flocks calling to each other, loved it.
    We used to call them the green arrows.
    Occasionally we would get them chattering away in a neighbour but ones cherry tree.
    Then they started to become less.
    We found out they were being culled off, which makes me livid.
    The argument that our native species is dieing because of them is absolute rubbish. We always had birds in the garden while they were around.
    During Covid sitting in the garden the air was cleaner and the green arrows started to thrive and come back.
    The chatter and calls , the zooming as they came over was fantastic. Its like nature was repairing it's self again.
    Now we are back to normal, they have basically killed all but a few lonely ring necks.
    We have fewer native birds in the garden as they are being caught up in the cull.
    The neighbours cherry tree is coming over the gardens as there's no longer ringneck to keep it in check.
    It absolutely destroys me that this is part of OUR country, yet we have no say in the culling of these beautiful birds.
    For what? Because people don't like the fact they make a noise when they talk?
    We can have music blaring out, huge lorries and 4x4s ruining the earth. But a beautiful bird that has done so well to survive must be killed?
    Utter madness 😡
    That's all it is, the rest is rubbish.

    • @nicholasbell9017
      @nicholasbell9017 Год назад

      Sorry, who are "they", who is doing the culling? And how?

  • @sgtspite
    @sgtspite Год назад +1

    You want Parakeets, come to Dartford. Bloody thousands of the little blighters here lol.

  • @echohunter4199
    @echohunter4199 Год назад +1

    That lady is a keeper!! Rare as those birds!

  • @ameerhamza7125
    @ameerhamza7125 3 года назад +21

    This place is a heaven for parrot lovers

  • @murdocisgod246
    @murdocisgod246 4 года назад +2

    4:50 the bird looks so cute there. Little bird friend sitting on yr hand.

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  4 года назад

      They are pretty cute especially up close!

  • @beckysharpe7268
    @beckysharpe7268 11 месяцев назад +1

    Bromley has a lot of parakeets. I wish Kent (where I live) did.

  • @Drazorig2
    @Drazorig2 5 лет назад +24

    Haha they are so brave and sassy, they have definitely grown in population, from South, west to East London /Essex. I see them and hear them most days around my garden. Definitely a better sight than pigeons but they are loud!

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  5 лет назад +2

      Thanks for the info Didar! And yes, they are very noisy, loud birds!

    • @MrBlaqgold
      @MrBlaqgold Год назад +2

      Anything is better than pigeons... indigenous or not, no one loves too many of them

    • @angelinasouren
      @angelinasouren Год назад +1

      ​@@MrBlaqgoldthen you can't have many working brain cells so I'm not even going to try and explain why I am saying that

    • @MrBlaqgold
      @MrBlaqgold Год назад

      @@angelinasouren oh font of all ornithological knowledge wide and far, please tell me how my statement erred from the lines of aero-faunal propriety and I will forever be indebted to ur wisdom and mercy 🥺

    • @angelinasouren
      @angelinasouren Год назад

      @@MrBlaqgold I actually study people like you, not birds.

  • @MrBlaqgold
    @MrBlaqgold Год назад +1

    This is a great video. Thanks for sharing from london! 👊🏾❤️

  • @jennygibbons1258
    @jennygibbons1258 3 года назад +2

    It’s indeed pretty cool. 👍🏾😃

  • @johnwhitcher4761
    @johnwhitcher4761 Год назад

    I lived in datchet near Windsor in 1970s we had daily visits of
    Parakeets in our garden.

  • @musicandbooklover-p2o
    @musicandbooklover-p2o Год назад +2

    Not just parakeets, if you go and look on the north downs there are wallabys who have naturalised and are living there quite happily, I think I remember reading there were another group up in Yorkshire as well and a video I saw recently mentioned something about kangaroos who had also adapted to live up on the moors. Don't know how true it is or if they were allowed to remain at large (mind you, they wouldn't be there for long unless they were a breeding group) but the wallabys have been out near Whipsnade for decades now.

    • @davidn3843
      @davidn3843 11 месяцев назад

      I've heard about our wallabies taking up residence in the UK. 🇦🇺👍
      I did read somewhere, a few years back now, of established colonies of budgies in the south of England.
      We get the odd pair of Ringnecks flying with the flocks of Lorikeets, here in Melbourne. We're very lucky in Australia as we have multitudes of beautiful parrots frequenting our gardens. It's lovely. 🙂👍
      Blessings and kindest regards David from Australia.
      🌏
      🙄☝️

    • @KimMason-qq7hk
      @KimMason-qq7hk 6 часов назад

      ​@@davidn3843I live near whipsnade zoo heard of a few sightings off wallabies around the local area the story is the escaped from the zoo decades ago

  • @theceo678yearsago5
    @theceo678yearsago5 Год назад +3

    I live in Birmingham and every morning about 70 of these birds be in my back garden eating the fruits from my trees

  • @stormtrooper7350
    @stormtrooper7350 Год назад +4

    These parrots are the reason I don't hang feeders in my garden anymore,,,gutted as I used to have a big gang of sparrows,great and blue tits,chaffinches etc but now they have gone as only put some hearts on the ground for the Robin as these parrots don't ground feed.

  • @ryminsta
    @ryminsta Год назад

    Saw a flock of these in some trees in Harrow NW London, was several years or so ago but was definitely these birds

  • @relevant_nebula
    @relevant_nebula 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for this education. Excellent and amusing video, esp when you said to the Parrot 'bite me'!! They are not just in London, we have a big flock of about 50 in Walsall, W Midlands. And I would say they are definitely not invasive, they are naturalised and they are beautiful. They are noisy but they are living peacefully with other species. They are not threatening any other wildlife because all birds feed on different foods. For example blackbird is a groundfeeder, small birds prefer seeds, and these parrots like apples and chillies. So it's all good. Love all birds and mammals. Ignore these haters who want to imagine conflict that doesn't exist. Leave all birds alone. What you are doing is great. Our parakeets are living high up in the trees and other birds are all there too at different levels. They are not threatening British wildlife - all are naturalised and all are living together. These parakeets of the UK are also BRITISH.

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for the kind words iluvmusic. I really never thought this video would be so polemic when I first posted it. Glad you love the parakeets out there!

  • @carld9451
    @carld9451 Год назад +1

    Brilliant to see them in this country its a wonder the council aren't going all out to destroy them

  • @OldSkoolWax
    @OldSkoolWax Год назад

    I'm in Belfast. They're here now too

  • @mickowen3318
    @mickowen3318 Год назад

    we have them in our local parks up here in the midlands

  • @dieselmalone944
    @dieselmalone944 Год назад

    I love pip

  • @chrispaw1
    @chrispaw1 Год назад

    I live near Bushy park and and see them daily.

  • @hamwam
    @hamwam Год назад

    pip is the prettiest bird in london

  • @woodwardshawn708
    @woodwardshawn708 2 года назад +1

    The st James park Parakeets are to find

  • @cathyb1273
    @cathyb1273 11 месяцев назад

    Since a few years now they can be found all over France. I started to see them where I live about 2 years ago in the South east so due the climate they will without doubt thrive here. We used to have huge flocks of starlings that were finally drove away with the help of falconers.

  • @dawnfishwick861
    @dawnfishwick861 Год назад

    I live in Rainham Essex and there are loads that live here, I've had them on my balcony

  • @nickcook7408
    @nickcook7408 Год назад +2

    Large numbers of Parakeets around Manchester - a breeding pair were released by a vicar in the 1800s and now they’re established and widespread.

    • @sausage4mash
      @sausage4mash Год назад

      you'd think they would all be inbreed

  • @aqilrahman5704
    @aqilrahman5704 4 года назад +3

    Between my parakeet and london's wild parakeets ,london's wild parakeets is soo much tame than my parakeet

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  3 года назад

      Interesting tidbit. Thanks for sharing!

  • @66journeyman
    @66journeyman 3 года назад +4

    Really enjoyed that video. Your enthusiasm for the natural world is self evident. Great filming, narration and editing. Stroke of luck that Pippa happened to take you to the right spot. There are hundreds of these parakeets in Birmingham (UK) and its surrounding areas. You always hear them well before you can see them.

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  3 года назад

      Thanks Wayne! Yeah, Pip did well finding the spot and it was a great experience. Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @daveharvey1910
    @daveharvey1910 3 года назад +9

    Thank you so much for posting this. I've been mad about these beautiful creatures ever since i saw them (and heard them) flying in their unruly style over Hounslow a few months ago. When my love and fellow 'Keet enthusiast found this video we knew we had to go. We had such an incredible time yesterday feeding these little rascals and can't wait to return (even if one of them pierced my ear for me)
    Thank you so much

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  3 года назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it Dave!

    • @Elbowbanditest2003
      @Elbowbanditest2003 Год назад

      My budgie almost gave me a free eye piercings once, he was so generous, rip pickle

  • @jojototo4566
    @jojototo4566 Год назад +2

    We also have them now in Paris , in south of France etc ...It seems they are spreading everywhere in Europe ... Maybe the new sparrows ?

  • @Mae-rg9oi
    @Mae-rg9oi 5 лет назад +3

    This is such a cool video!!! We have recently found a parakeet in our garden! We live in Hertfordshire, just outside of London!!

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  5 лет назад

      Thanks! That's very cool to have one show up in your garden! They are such beautiful birds.

    • @kevinparker461
      @kevinparker461 Год назад

      I'm in Hertfordshire & over the last 2 years i have shot 10, & i will continue to shoot them!. They are on the general license & are a non indigenous invasive species. If this is allowed to continue we will lose a lot of our indigenous birds, these birds will turn out a ecological disaster, they need stopping!! .... KILL THEM ALL!!!

  • @richardmack1194
    @richardmack1194 Год назад +1

    These birds originated from the film set of the African queen film with Audrey Hepburn and bogart. This was in part filmed at shepperton studios on the south western edge of Greater London. The scene where bogart tows the boat through the swamp was filmed there and they brought in loads of these birds. After filming, they just left the birds there. They bred and covered all of the south east but in particular south west London royal parks.

    • @Drobium77
      @Drobium77 Год назад

      They are now as far north as Coventry too

    • @paulqueripel3493
      @paulqueripel3493 Год назад +1

      It wasn't filmed at Sheperton, but at the original Isleworth studios (Worton Hall) and in Africa.

    • @adamhousden6349
      @adamhousden6349 Год назад +1

      They didn't originate from there either, they will be descendants of those original birds and some escapees from aviaries etc.

  • @Doon201
    @Doon201 5 лет назад +3

    There's a similar situation in San Francisco with red-masked parakeet. I usually see them in the Rincon Hill/East Cut areas. I've read it is believed they originated from escaped or released pets.

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  5 лет назад +1

      Hey Dan! The next time I'm in that direction I'll have to be on the lookout for some red-masked parakeets. Thanks for the info!

  • @bryang9398
    @bryang9398 Год назад +3

    I found some rose ring parakeets here in Bakersfield, CA yesterday!
    I was surprised to see these beautiful birds out here!

  • @xvdd1
    @xvdd1 Год назад +1

    The origins of non-indigenous species are always interesting the Victorians were big fans of imported flora and fauna so many examples of foreign species can be attributed to that era, Ringneck reports go back over 100 years these were probably directly imported birds destined for aviaries and became escapees or purposely released with the intent of having free flying specimens, as restrictions were introduced to avian imports captive bred birds probably trickle fed numbers through escapes.
    I969/70 seems to be the start of the observed larger breeding populations I do wonder though about what impact they have on other tree hole nesting species as holes in trees are much sought after real estate by birds and animals.

  • @MRNOBODY1889
    @MRNOBODY1889 11 месяцев назад

    Seen some in Manchester today as well

  • @Juliussezerr
    @Juliussezerr Год назад

    I have a derbyan parakeet love my bro he's the 👌

  • @Stephen-gp8yi
    @Stephen-gp8yi Год назад

    I believe some escaped from Windsor park in the 90s and have slowly spread through London and the south east!

  • @LEVENINZWEDEN
    @LEVENINZWEDEN Год назад +3

    These parakeets are also living in Holland in the coastal cities. Love them!

    • @adamhousden6349
      @adamhousden6349 Год назад

      I was feeding them in vondelpaark ( ? ) in Amsterdam, they are a fantastic bird

  • @karthikperiyakaruppiah8811
    @karthikperiyakaruppiah8811 4 года назад +7

    I still don't get this invasive bit. 'Invasive' is a term used when someone migrates, colonises an area, destroy and kill the natives. These birds didn't migrate, they're not predatory and they haven't colonised the entire space. Almost half a century they've only managed to concentrate in a few cities. It's humans who brought them here and they've just adapted and have naturalised. Based on Darwinism 'survival of the fittest' they've managed to thrive. They're also part of the food chain. They provide food for Peregrine falcons and owls in the UK.
    Coming to the pest perspective. There better methods to protect your crops than blaming an avian species as the reason for the misery. The animal cull companies (who make money out of public purse) and the animal hunting brigade want them to be called pests so they can benefit.

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  3 года назад +1

      Heya Karthik, sorry for the late reply. I'm getting caught up on old comments. Invasive really just implies that a species has the ability to dominate in an area and outcompete other species. An invasive species can be native and nonnative. This species of parakeet was initially listed as invasive by researchers and so I kept with the jargon. I also agree that that assessment, although the research is minimal to support the exact impact of this species' effect.

    • @FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vb
      @FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vb Год назад

      ​@@KoawNaturei mean who is more invasive species than the British?

  • @dianacooper8414
    @dianacooper8414 4 года назад +6

    We have them in Essex UK they are beautiful to watch.. In the 1970s when living in London people bought them as pets, they were a lot cheaper than the greys. Big draw back was that they didn't learn to talk and were so noisy owners just let them fly out of the windows.

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  4 года назад +1

      Oh jeez! Thanks for the info Diana!

    • @crazylife4593
      @crazylife4593 2 года назад

      They are a good talker but not like double yellow faced parakeets and greys

    • @asseyez-vous6492
      @asseyez-vous6492 2 года назад +2

      They are able to talk, pretty clearly actually. However, people often buy a pet shop bird and expect it to talk within hours! They also never knew how to properly look after the birds and probably kept them caged the whole time with the only interactions being to give food & water and the occasional ‘Who’s a pretty boy then?’ And people just saw something pretty they wanted to show off to their friends like ornaments and when they didn’t do what was expected of them, they let them go with no thought if they’d survive in the wild or not!

  • @karenwhite2601
    @karenwhite2601 4 года назад +6

    Thanks for making this video, very informative. The parakeets are beautiful!

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  4 года назад

      You're very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed this one. =)

  • @kerri-annebray6639
    @kerri-annebray6639 Год назад +1

    The "Ring Neck Parrot" is also located in Australia. However, you make no mention off this.

    • @davidn3843
      @davidn3843 11 месяцев назад

      They aren't native to Australia, though. They are an Invasive species also. I've seen them among the flocks of Rainbow Lorikeets, here in Melbourne.
      😉👍
      Kindest regards David

  • @ninja36inc
    @ninja36inc Год назад

    i need a feathered friend for my congo african grey perhaps i should visit this flock and rehome one

  • @paulvankleet
    @paulvankleet Год назад

    Not just in London, either, We've got them here in Newcastle upon Tyne!

  • @amitbach8344
    @amitbach8344 9 месяцев назад

    I can also hear alexandrine parakeets in your video in the background

  • @davidbaxter1163
    @davidbaxter1163 Год назад

    Got these in Birmingham too

  • @BadAppleBlues
    @BadAppleBlues Год назад

    we also have Parakeets in West Yorkshire! There is a small colony/flock of about a dozen living in the woods near where I live.

    • @mohammedzahir2955
      @mohammedzahir2955 11 месяцев назад

      I live in halifax never seen one here in the wild

  • @bbutc
    @bbutc Год назад +1

    I've lived in Derby (central UK) for more than 23 years and a few days ago I saw a pair of Parakeets flying around Darley Park for the first time. I don't know if they were just visiting or if they are going to stay and nest, but Derby is pretty far North of London.

    • @peterpiper6837
      @peterpiper6837 Год назад +1

      I have recently moved to Alvaston in Derby, and no word of a lie, we saw a flock of 20 parakeets circling in formation with a hawk chasing them, We are close to Alvaston park and Elvaston Castle, and they seem very comfortable with the many tall trees around here. They seem to gather in the morning, then fly off together to perhaps the farmer's fields? It's wonderful to see them and best of luck to them.

  • @lesleyhawes6895
    @lesleyhawes6895 Год назад

    Not quite in London, but the suburbs, Esher Rugby Club was a very popular home for parakeets when I worked nearby twenty five years ago. Don't know if they are still there.

  • @englishsimple1052
    @englishsimple1052 2 года назад +2

    Spectacular experience bro

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  2 года назад

      Yeah it was pretty sweet!

    • @englishsimple1052
      @englishsimple1052 2 года назад

      @@KoawNature amazing, here we don't have any kind of parrots in the wild, you can find them only in pet stores.

  • @awatt
    @awatt Год назад +1

    If you want to see the parakeets go to the opposite side of the serpentine between the Italianate gardens and the statue of Henry Moore as there has been a cull and new planting has driven them across to Hyde park. Their numbers are much reduced.

  • @John-bv2ft
    @John-bv2ft Год назад

    Great

  • @margaretweeks967
    @margaretweeks967 3 года назад +1

    Colonies of parakeets in Milan, Italy, too now.

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  3 года назад

      Thanks for sharing Margaret!

  • @jean-paul7251
    @jean-paul7251 Год назад

    It's nothing like central park!

  • @EileenGoehring-lb8hy
    @EileenGoehring-lb8hy Год назад

    We have them here in the Midlands breeding well

  • @awatt
    @awatt 3 года назад +1

    Those little buggers can nip. First time I tried feeding them a very large and old parakeet wasn't impressed with my offering, a biscuit, so he bit me drawing blood. Hasn't stopped me.

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  3 года назад +1

      Haha, oh yeah. I understand that one. Cheers!

  • @user-cv8eh5yq5e
    @user-cv8eh5yq5e Год назад

    The parakeets appeared in Kent in the mid-1960’s so I would say established for closer to 60 years along with the Collared Dove!

    • @lesleyhawes6895
      @lesleyhawes6895 Год назад

      Do you still have Collared Doves? They were frequent visitors to my back garden feed stations, but about three years ago they suddenly stopped coming, I miss them.

    • @El-wc5hl
      @El-wc5hl 10 месяцев назад

      @@lesleyhawes6895 I am in Somerset, not your area I know, but we have collared doves and are also seeing less of them recently. There was also a blue ringneck flying around the other weekend, fortunately ,after a night on the town, I managed to get him back. If he wasn't so loud I don't think I would have found him.

  • @philipbayliss879
    @philipbayliss879 Год назад

    Theres lots of reports and pictures from people having them in there gardens by me in dudley west midlands

  • @omgfish8146
    @omgfish8146 2 года назад

    legend has it these are descended from the ringneck parakeet queen catherine of aragon released

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  2 года назад

      Oh...I like that legend.

  • @leannlearnsbooks
    @leannlearnsbooks Год назад

    Barbados, West indies, has ring neck parakeets. I film them in the top of coconut trees and Jamaican Ackee trees but I don't know how to get them to come closer. But I definitely see males, and the normal green parrots too.

  • @emmsue1053
    @emmsue1053 Год назад +1

    We have hundreds in south Manchester,, They are doing OK but I worry about our small native species & their food supply?

  • @gemmastone4891
    @gemmastone4891 4 года назад +1

    I have loads in my garden in Esher Surrey

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  3 года назад

      Nice! Thanks for sharing Gemma!

  • @joeg8186
    @joeg8186 Год назад

    How they got into the wild, as a pet they make so much noise and high-pitched screaming, that people probably just threw them out the window, only problem mine has come back 5 times and is still with me after 20 years.

  • @bucketrobbert
    @bucketrobbert 3 года назад

    got camera footage in my garden Sheffield UK of a Parakeet looking for scraps.. huge compared to me bird feeders

  • @gaz3
    @gaz3 Год назад

    They are here in Edinburgh aswell

  • @achillesbuchanan2095
    @achillesbuchanan2095 2 года назад +1

    Great job. Loved the video.

  • @benharry9117
    @benharry9117 Год назад

    Meanwhile, in Cornwall, a seagull stole my pasty!

  • @marieparker3822
    @marieparker3822 Год назад +1

    Another invasive species: American grey squirrels (officially vermin).

  • @dalegowler6436
    @dalegowler6436 Год назад

    Saw them in Holland

  • @mightyjoelong
    @mightyjoelong 4 года назад +6

    A flock fly over my garden in London each evening. I'm hoping to get them to stop by on my bird feeder.. Maybe some apples would work 🍏 🦜

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  4 года назад +1

      That might just do the trick!

    • @gaganhayer6530
      @gaganhayer6530 3 года назад

      Sweetcorn they love and use nuts

    • @hi-iq1hy
      @hi-iq1hy 3 года назад

      Peanut feeder a large one will work

  • @Old-Skull.
    @Old-Skull. Год назад

    to call going to hyde park to watch some parakets and squirrels an adventure is kind of stretching the term a little bit , don't you think?

  • @politicallyincorrect2564
    @politicallyincorrect2564 Год назад

    I used to see them near my house in Kensal Green

  • @paulinemurray447
    @paulinemurray447 2 года назад +1

    These parakeets are Indian Ringnecks as I have one as a pet and they are very intelligent and can talk fluently

    • @navinbhandari2001
      @navinbhandari2001 2 года назад

      how long b4 it could talk? i have one too but not talking, very smart

  • @albertyo323
    @albertyo323 Год назад

    In madrid too,.. from exotical pets to invasive specie,..

    • @albertyo323
      @albertyo323 Год назад

      Fortunately doesn’t look aggresive with native species,..

  • @jarzhinio
    @jarzhinio Год назад

    These birds are, or should now be considered as endemic to Northern and central Europe as the grey Squirel is considered now endemic to the UK.
    They have been living and breeding in the South of England for at least 40 years, perhaps even longer.
    They are found throughout Europe- notably lowlands near large cities, many of which have, or have had a zoo. I have seen them in Amsterdam, Barcelona and I have seen them in London ever since I was born and grew up in London (in the 1980s).
    What I find interesting is the complete absence of the Grey Squirel (as far as I am aware) from most of Europe except for the UK.
    I have never seen a red Squirel in the UK, you get so used to the Grey ones.
    I think there are species like these parakeets, also the Aesculapian snake and wall lizard - they adapt so easily to their "new" UK environment (after a deliberate or inadvertent release of several captive individuals, pets and/or zoo animal) it's like they are filling a vacant niche, as opposed to displacing/ supplanting other similar animals who fill that niche - like the grey Squirel. So just labelling all species which appear, "new", or "out of their normal range", as invasive and therefore a negative influence, is I think a little short-sighted and I don't agree with it.

  • @talons9877
    @talons9877 2 года назад

    ❤💜🌴💜 Maybe Babyboozi. Love your guide 😍

  • @jeremywilson2022
    @jeremywilson2022 Год назад

    Their are parakeets wild in a woodland South of northampton.

  • @jamieetherington7614
    @jamieetherington7614 3 года назад

    We have those In northern England too, I live in Newcastle upon Tyne and we have those in our parks

    • @KoawNature
      @KoawNature  3 года назад

      Thanks for sharing Jamie!

  • @xuneseo
    @xuneseo Год назад

    They can talk teach em >:3