Ear-splitting and eye-watering, the long tails and bright colours of ring-necked parakeets are becoming more familiar across the UK, but not without ruffling a few feathers. Records of parakeets ...

Although native to Africa and Asia the parakeets are more than capable of surviving our winters A few years ago I was at a friend's barbecue in South London. Suddenly over the sizzle of the ...

Fewer wild birds are visiting UK gardens, with greenfinches ... Goldfinches, woodpigeons and parakeets are thriving. New analysis of data from the surveys shows that a well established fall ...

The parakeets are originally from Africa and southern Asia and were kept as pets in the UK. They escaped into the wild and have become naturalised, aided by warmer winters, the trust said.

Are there really wild parakeets in London? Yes, thousands of them. Long-term Londoners will be well aware, but newcomers are often taken by surprise by the flash of green and exotic squawk.