We have been "grandchildren sitting" in Stoke Newington,
London, but are back home today. See previous post.
One difference is hearing parakeets
first thing in the morning. There are lots of these in nearby
Springfield Park. I see these Australian birds have now reached
Plymouth. They are becoming naturalised and spreading widely. At one
time these escaped cage birds would have been rare indeed here in the
UK.
It is hard to believe that collared doves first appeared in the UK in 1955. Little egrets were virtually unknown in the UK before the late 1980s and now they are all over the place.
There are different species of parakeets, but I think those spreading are from the same core stock, but this may not be the case: several escapees may have survived and bread in the wild in the UK.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parakeet .
It is hard to believe that collared doves first appeared in the UK in 1955. Little egrets were virtually unknown in the UK before the late 1980s and now they are all over the place.
There are different species of parakeets, but I think those spreading are from the same core stock, but this may not be the case: several escapees may have survived and bread in the wild in the UK.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parakeet .
