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Although attractive to watch, these birds are exceptionally noisy. I have just noticed two pairs ?billing and cooing? in tall fir trees located in neighbouring gardens. I suspect that this behaviour will be followed by nesting in these trees.

The prospect of every visit to my garden during spring and summer being spoiled by a cacophony of screeching does not appeal. I understand that these birds are classified as non-native species and as such: ?vermin?. On whom does the responsibility to remove such vermin (or their nests) rest?

I?d be most grateful for any advice on how to protect my sanity during the forthcoming months.

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?Ring-necked parakeets, like all birds living in the wild in the UK, are protected by law. The species can be controlled under licence in England, but only in isolated cases where the birds pose a serious threat to conservation of a native species, are causing serious damage to crops, or for air safety purposes.?


From the RSPB website https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/our-positions-and-casework/our-positions/species/invasive-non-native-species/ring-necked-parakeets/

Perfect solution attached. This should cut out all noise with the living world.

Enjoy!



Fitzgeraldo Wrote:

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> Although attractive to watch, these birds are

> exceptionally noisy. I have just noticed two pairs

> ?billing and cooing? in tall fir trees located in

> neighbouring gardens. I suspect that this

> behaviour will be followed by nesting in these

> trees.

> The prospect of every visit to my garden during

> spring and summer being spoiled by a cacophony of

> screeching does not appeal. I understand that

> these birds are classified as non-native species

> and as such: ?vermin?. On whom does the

> responsibility to remove such vermin (or their

> nests) rest?

> I?d be most grateful for any advice on how to

> protect my sanity during the forthcoming months.

A lower budget option attached if the house mods are too expensive....

Should knock out the noise of the verminous parakeets infesting and multiplying like bacteria in your trees.


: )





Fitzgeraldo Wrote:

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> Although attractive to watch, these birds are

> exceptionally noisy. I have just noticed two pairs

> ?billing and cooing? in tall fir trees located in

> neighbouring gardens. I suspect that this

> behaviour will be followed by nesting in these

> trees.

> The prospect of every visit to my garden during

> spring and summer being spoiled by a cacophony of

> screeching does not appeal. I understand that

> these birds are classified as non-native species

> and as such: ?vermin?. On whom does the

> responsibility to remove such vermin (or their

> nests) rest?

> I?d be most grateful for any advice on how to

> protect my sanity during the forthcoming months.

It's a trade-off - great looks, interesting behaviour and flight patterns, irritating call - magpies and parakeets. Lovely voices, often hidden - other birds. The whole together adds to, at least my, joy in life. Indeed the best sounding birds are often the drabbest/ most hidden.

Jules-and-Boo Wrote:

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> if you have parakeets, song birds will stay away.

> I'd rather have the little birds in our trees and

> the little robins who visit when i go outside.


On the contrary, in my garden I have songbirds (blackbirds, two regular robins, a wren, various tits etc.), woodpeckers, nuthatches, chaffinches, et al. who are all visiting daily alongside the parakeets, magpies and beastly pidgeons. On observation the parakeets do not deter or harass the smaller birds and the only combat flying is between the robins and tits.

We have parakeets alongside tits, wrens and lots of robins.


Jules-and-Boo Wrote:

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> if you have parakeets, song birds will stay away.

> I'd rather have the little birds in our trees and

> the little robins who visit when i go outside.

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