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 …
Tag: Rose-Ringed Parakeet
Alien Encounter
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 …
A long way from home.
After weeks of rain the clouds parted to allow a few hours of sunshine so we headed off to the local park to check up on the Ring necked Parakeets. Currently there’s thought to be up to 30 Parakeets slowly colonising south Manchester. Whilst they’re Read More …
Home is where the hole is
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 …
Mistletoe and Parakeets
Mistletoe growing at Parsonage Gardens, Disbury – fairly safe to assume its not been planted ! Local knowledge suggests that at some point between 1912-1919 Alderman Fletcher Moss had mistletoe ‘planted’ on the old apple tree in his Parsonage Garden in Didsbury. The original Read More …