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Not that this 600 acre urban Woodland site is in dire need of supplementing the indiginous avian population, but these feeding stations and a few other strategically placed ones which are for the benefit of school children visits and twitchers, are slowly being taken over by gangs of alien bully boy Ring Necked Parakeets.

 

Now...... London is a bit precious and sensitive, so trying to get on top of this mass invasion by inviting in trigger happy sharp shooting French & Italians :sneaky2: would appear to be in contrivence of the law, as they are "protected in the wild under the the Wildlife and Countryside Act"

 

 

Apart from the unbearable sqwarking often over heard as they maraud across their terrotries, there is an ever increasing action/reaction affecting the whole avian habitat cycle.

 

I forsee this becoming a major issue & threat to our woodland bird communities, certainly down here in the South.

 

Strike whilst the Iron is hot and replicate the Chinese Sparrow wars of the Fifties?

Or leave it till it's too late and they become the climax species of the Avian World.

 

Coming to a town near you.............

 

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/ringneckedparakeet/index.asp

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Richmond Park is rife with them. With all the monoliths and vets there is habitat aplenty for them. The hornbeams are being relentlessly stripped and hornbeam walk a carpet of seed casings. In fact it appears that they seem to just like stripping for the sake of it with fruit and seeds going uneaten.

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just because something is protected doesnt mean you cant get a license to control them, i personally would try and sort it out asap,

 

I currently in one of my roles, co-ordinate a large scale mink control program over about 200km of river, and i would have been happier if someone had done this about 20yrs ago whilst it was achievable

 

be proactive not reactive! :001_smile:

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