A Ring-necked Parakeet pictured below in a Mochdre garden in August was perhaps disappointed to be surrounded by empty bird feeders, or maybe it has just emptied them itself... The species has colonised parts of south-east Britain and is moving northwards.
This record illustrates the benefit of sending bird sightings to the county recorder e.g. to enable population monitoring. If anyone has any sightings from 2013 that have not yet been submitted to me for the county record, please do so before the end of February for inclusion in the 2013 County Bird Report (e.g. by using BTO Birdtrack or other methods noted in the right-hand column above)
The County List has also been updated (see Downloads section of right-hand column above).
cracking find!!
ReplyDeleteI can't see if the bird has a ring, but, of course, this species is commonly kept in captivity. Perhaps the observer has more information, and I'm pleased I'm not adjudicating the provenance of the record. (The Twickenham roost has had up to 10,000 birds and they rule the bird-feeders and nest holes wherever they ply their noisy trade). I did not submit the Cockatiel in my garden last summer!!
ReplyDeleteYes Chris, you're quite right, there was more sighting info. The bird was unringed and easily spooked. Consequently I've accepted the species to the County List as Category D, an 'introduced species thought not to have self-sustaining population in Montgomeryshire (although may have elsewhere) or possible vagrants which also have a high escape potential'.
ReplyDeleteFull marks to the observer for getting photographic evidence - a credit too him/her. With breeding populations on the Wirral and around Birmingham, we may well get more records in the future, given that they tend to frequent bird tables.
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