Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 3:10 
Urban Ring-necked parakeet fouragin on a back-yard peanut feeder (Leiden, the Netherlands)Britain’s naturalised parrot is now officially a pest. Forty years after it first bred on the outskirts of London, the ring-necked parakeet today joined gulls, crows and magpies on the short list of birds which can be legally shot without special permission.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 9:55 
A parakeet and a pigeon face off Photo: Steve DolanIf you go bird-watching in the parks of South Manchester, you might get a surprise, as sharing the branches with the grey pigeons, black crows and brown sparrows are a glorious green flock of ring-necked parakeets.
Interestingly, despite the species originating in India, the flock are far from being outsiders, having made Alexandra Park, Birchfields Park and Platt Fields Park their permanent home in the recent years.
Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 11:15 
Juvenile parakeets in need of rescue. Image by Pulock BanerjeeAhmedabad: They pecked and necked in public, but nobody really minded the cacophonic romance by this bunch of parakeets seized as illegal railway consignment on Wednesday.
Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 10:47 
One Anglican parishioner suggested hiring a hawk to scare off the winged menaces Photo: Paul GroverA plague of parakeets have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a church - after pecking away at the wooden spire.
Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 10:49 
Ring-necked parakeet hanging aroundVillagers are getting in a flap following the latest birds to take up residency in the tree tops of Croxley Green - a large flock of exotic, and particularly noisy, parrots.
