Ring necked parakeets

Please do not encourage parakeets in any way.

Sounds as if they don't need encouragement as they help themselves

To be fair to the Ring Necked Parakeets the OP needs to quote the source of the information "read in a magazine."

The RSPB website states Parakeets don't present a problem at present. You can read all about them on the RSPB web site.

I suppose if you can have a "marmite" bird this is one of them.  

Leave em be I say👍🏻. We bring them here, we release them, we get upset with them because of our own stupidity then decide they don’t fit so let’s try & starve them.

Conservationist-a person who advocates or acts for the preservation of the environment & wildlife. Ring knecked Parakeets are wildlife👍🏻

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Evening

There's a resident RNP at Cirencester Park club site. Good to watch but very aggressive with other birds. Gives the crows and magpies a run for their money. 

JK

We normally have quite a few Ring necked parakeets and they are always being mobbed by  the Jackdaws,magpies and crows(if they are not trying to upset the Buzzards and Red Kites)

 That'll be this chap then?

We have around 5 / 6 of them that visit the area, you hear them before you see them!

Forget RNP, look what is flying free in Peak District.......

Trained to free fly by his zoologist owner, this is Motley the Macaw. Stunning bird....

I've seen two parakeets in Bristol and a very noisy colony near a friend's house in London. There is a map on line showing where they are but the RSPB say they prefer the all year round food sources in urban areas.

At the moment the robins are singing their hearts out around us and I wouldn't really enjoy tuneless squawks! 🦜  (wrong colour, I know...)

We have a group of 5 or 6 of these fellas who pop in every so often.

You hear them before you see them😁