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BBC2 - The Great British Parakeet Invasion

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Uploaded by on Feb 28, 2008

Wildlife documentary series. There are estimated to be 30,000 wild parakeets in Britain. Why are they thriving?

NATURE: Wild

On: BBC 2 North (102)




Date: Saturday 23rd February 2008

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Pets & Animals

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  • @Pragmaticalised hehe :)

    

  • We have them living by our house in some trees and they are so bloody noisy i want to get an airrifle and evict them.

  • Ohh Jimi

    

  • Great birds. We've got some of them here, near Paris. And I am really happy to have such lovely neighbours. They are so beautuful and funny! Love them.

  • Morden :P i love them :X cuz they are so cute :)

  • These problems have been experienced in Australia since colonisation.

    Cat, dog, fox, sparrow, crow, rabbit, cane toad, dung beetle, water buffalo, pig, goat, donkey, horse, camel, European carp, countless weeds & other plants & insects. The list goes on. All introduced species causing huge numbers of extinctions.

    This is the reality of the global community.. cross contamination

    At the least, it'll develop a trade in environmental hunting tours

    "if it's feral, it's in peril" is a hunter's credo.

  • They are all over Peckham Rye now.

  • @JoachimderZweite the programme you watched aired in 2007 said there were 30,000 and there would be 50,000 by 2010 that means there will be 70,000 by 2013 in just a years time.

  • @hugginghannah

    I understand that. Youtube is random and jumbled so dumb comments like mine make it to the top. I also am aware of the problems these birds cause. Just as I am aware of the problem with stray cats in my area.

  • @ErichoTTA 70,000 birds by next year 2013 that are not native is causing the small ntive birds to slowly die off from no breeding(lack of nesting areas) and lack of food as the parekeets are taking it all.

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