projectparakeet.co.uk

Independent Online, December 2010:

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/michael-mccarthy-there-may-be-trouble-ahead-for-the-parakeet-2165450.html

Independent Online, September 2009:

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/britains-naturalised-parrot-now-officially-a-pest-1795555.html

BBC online, March 2007:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6478815.stm

French News Channel 2, August 2007:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PchhCpF0TY4&feature=related

Links

Other parakeet research:

Wild Parakeets UK, DICE, University of Kent: http://www.wildparakeetsuk.co.uk/index.htm

University of Antwerp:http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=diederik.strubbe&n=14

Parakeet information:

British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)

Rose-ringed facts: http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/results/bob7120.htm

Rose-ringed population trends: http://blx1.bto.org/bbs-results/results/bbsanim-274.html

Bird track: http://blx1.bto.org/bt-dailyresults/results/s274-20-11.html

DEFRA - non native species:

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/regulation/wildlife/species/nonnativespecies.aspx

GB Non-native species secretariat: https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm

DAISIE:http://www.europe-aliens.org/index.do

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

RSPB Tea rooms-Chat:http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/chat/f/2542/p/45822/301782.aspx

BBC:http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Rose-ringed_Parakeet

BBC IPlayer: Birds Brittania, Glamorous Garden Birds

Birdguides:http://www.birdguides.com/species/species.asp?sp=068114

News

April 2011

Monk Parakeet Control

DEFRA has announced that it is taking steps to control the population of approximately 150 Monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus). These birds have caused problems with electricity supplies in the USA through building their large nests on electricity pylons. The birds exist in the wild in the UK through illegal releases and escapes of birds kept as pets, and are only found in a handful of locations.

The more common Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri), a hole-nesting species which numbers 32,000 individuals in the SE of the UK, is not being targeted by this work.