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gaijingirl
27-02-2007, 14:39
Well I knew there are lots of them - but I've just found out that the flock apparently now numbers 5,000!!!!! :eek: Apparently their roost is at South London crematorium in Lewisham and the ones we see in Brocky Park are little groups of up to 30 birds out on daytrips who go back to Lewisham at night!
I used to see them even as a teenager in South London but they've obviously been pretty loved up since then!!
Yeah, big flocks of them fly over my Mums back garden at dusk on summer days, apparently the warmer winters mean more of them are surviving.
peckham rye
Sunray gdns ......I see them every day.
I have some in the oak tree at the bottom of my garden, they are totally mental birds flying in huge flocks and doing acrobatics such as upside-down flying etc, plus making loads of noise.
There are loads on my grandads farm in Jamaica but i never expected to see them in the UK.
dogmatique
27-02-2007, 20:52
The biggest numbers are out in West London, with a roost of up to 5000 pairs next to the rugby club in Esher. Think I posted some photos of em last year.
Population is set to double in the next couple of years.
Soon, those random ones you spot will be making their own communal roosts in places like Norwood Park and (appropriately) the Rookery on Streatham Common.
@Moon - I'd be surprised if they were the same species - these ones come from temperate climes in Northern India, similar to our climate, not the realitively equatorial climate of the Carribean...
trashpony
27-02-2007, 20:55
They're fucking annoying. They're not indigenous, they're aggressive and they make a horrible noise.
Kill em in the face. :mad:
They're fucking annoying. They're not indigenous, they're aggressive and they make a horrible noise.
Kill em in the face. :mad:
Oh dear, you're not a happy bunny are you :p
trashpony
27-02-2007, 20:57
Oh dear, you're not a happy bunny are you :p
I don't like them. And I'm in a bad mood :o
dogmatique
27-02-2007, 20:59
Some pics from Esher (http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=5122624&postcount=16) from that post I mentioned.
dogmatique
27-02-2007, 21:01
They're fucking annoying. They're not indigenous, they're aggressive and they make a horrible noise.
Kill em in the face. :mad:
:D In what way aggressive though? I've seen em being chased by sparrowhawks on the Thames by Isleworth and Brentford ait's.
Fucking noisy though, I'll agree. Imagine living next to the roost in Esher!
I don't like them. And I'm in a bad mood :o
I couldn't tell :D
Some pics from Esher (http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=5122624&postcount=16) from that post I mentioned.
Great pictures!
dogmatique
27-02-2007, 21:11
I love them parakeets!
trashpony
27-02-2007, 21:12
:D In what way aggressive though? I've seen em being chased by sparrowhawks on the Thames by Isleworth and Brentford ait's.
Fucking noisy though, I'll agree. Imagine living next to the roost in Esher!
They scare all the other birds off the bird table. There's not a lot of sparrowhawks round here :D
I love them parakeets!
When I lived, briefly, in Sydney we had Rainbow Lorikeets in my back garden. Thay made a racket but I forgave them because they were so fabulous to look at!
http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/images/Lorikeet_Rainbow2_Perkins.jpg
aren't almost all birds there bloody noisy though
aren't almost all birds there bloody noisy though
Yes, true! :)
what do they eat...i have never seen one eating...are they like crane flies??/:p
I've only ever seen the parakeets in hanwell. I know people that live less than a mile from me that say they get them about all the time, but never in my garden, or in the park near me.
gaijingirl
27-02-2007, 22:47
I don't like them. And I'm in a bad mood :o
ooh... are you still here? - I'm always surprised when I log on and see your posts these days - not surprised you're in a bad mood - you must be champing at the bit!! :)
Maybe if the parakeets become less scared of humans they'll start picking up bits of London speech.
yah I can do that
you can fuck off an all
skunk weed skunk weed
chin dildo
28-02-2007, 13:58
They're fucking annoying. They're not indigenous, they're aggressive and they make a horrible noise.
Kill em in the face. :mad:
They eat swans too. Coming here and taking all our worms
I saw a pair in Elam Park (Angell Town) last week.
trashpony
28-02-2007, 14:26
ooh... are you still here? - I'm always surprised when I log on and see your posts these days - not surprised you're in a bad mood - you must be champing at the bit!! :)
I'm not being induced until next Thursday. You'll all have to deal with my bad temper until then :o :D
Minnie_the_Minx
28-02-2007, 14:40
When I lived, briefly, in Sydney we had Rainbow Lorikeets in my back garden. Thay made a racket but I forgave them because they were so fabulous to look at!
http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/images/Lorikeet_Rainbow2_Perkins.jpg
That's gorgeous. We need some of those to brighten London up on a day like this
That's gorgeous. We need some of those to brighten London up on a day like this
Innit! :D
suzee blue cheese
03-03-2007, 20:10
We see a lot of them up top Peckam Rye/Nunhead. Much like the green parakeets I used to see in Delhi.
Woo.. When do we get the palm squirrels?
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