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Tag: Ring-necked Parakeet

Kenworthy Woods

Posted on19 March 202019 March 2020Leave a comment

Highlights from a stroll around a local woodland in Northern Moor and a welcome break from the increasingly crazy world of the Coronavirus pandemic. Read More …

CategoriesBirdsTagsBullfinch, Kenworthy Woods, Ring-necked Parakeet, Rose-Ringed Parakeet

Cosmopolitan

Posted on21 April 201821 April 2018Leave a comment

Always a pleasure to visit the local woodlands during Spring even more so when there’s a walk along the riverbank to reach them. Locally the Grey Herons appear to be thriving and in common with many of the other birds typically associated with river valleys they Read More …

CategoriesBirds, FloraTagsBorder Collie, Few flowered Leek, Grey Heron, Jake, Ring-necked Parakeet, Snakeshead Fritillary, Wood Anemone

Fletcher Moss

Posted on7 February 2018Leave a comment

A few highlights from a recent visit to Fletcher Moss Gardens and Stenner Wood. Plenty of fungi growing on the piles of dead wood left around the wood following the felling of last year’s storm damaged trees. The route through the woodland was slightly precarious. Read More …

CategoriesBirds, Fungi, LandscapesTagsFletcher Moss Garden, Flooding, Jelly Ear, Ring-necked Parakeet, Scarlet Elfcup, Stenner Wood

Alien Encounter

Posted on7 January 20177 January 2017Leave a comment

Great to have an opportunity to visit a local woodland during daylight over the Christmas and New Year break. The unmistakable sound of Ring-necked Parakeets arriving shortly after dawn has become increasingly common. Quite surprising to see them excavating a new nesting hole on 2nd January. Read More …

CategoriesBirdsTagsRing-necked Parakeet, Rose-Ringed Parakeet

Kenworthy Wood

Posted on14 March 201614 March 2016Leave a comment

Yet again, another cloudy day. The lack of sunshine this winter is remarkable even for Manchester. Hopefully the weather will soon begin to improve… Read More …

CategoriesBirdsTagsBullfinch, Long tailed Tit, Ring-necked Parakeet

Who’s a Pretty Boy then?

Posted on25 April 201525 April 2015Leave a comment

The amazingly warm hazy days of April 2005 continue. A great opportunity for an early morning visit to Chorlton Water Park. Since 2008 the South Manchester Ring necked Parakeets have steadily increased from around 7 birds to 70. Still some way to go to rival Read More …

CategoriesBirdsTagsChorlton, Chorlton Water Park, Parrot, Ring-necked Parakeet

Home is where the hole is

Posted on9 April 20139 April 20132 Comments

  Rose-ringed Parakeet in Didsbury. One of at least 3 pairs breeding in the local park (and another dodgy digiscoped effort). Although technically feral they seem to have found a niche in south Manchester and the population is now circa 30 birds. One of the Read More …

CategoriesBirdsTagsDidsbury, Dipper, Nest building, Ring-necked Parakeet, River Mersey, Rose-Ringed Parakeet

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