Lovely looking birds @Fairygirl . I've never seen parakeets in the wild but I rather hope they don't breed up in Scotland as I gather they can be a nuisance.
It's been absolutely glorious here for a good few hours, sunshine, blue skies, warm and no wind. What a contrast to yesterday!
Surprised they're doing well so far north @Fairygirl. They've naturalised in Brussels too and, in parts of London, are considered now to be a nuisance as they compete with native birds for food. Very noisy in packs but great fun as long as you have a bottomless source of bird feed.
We have bought ahole digger for planting fenceposts @Chicky but I am planning for OH to use it for preparing tree planting holes. Lots to go out now, icluding a liriodendron @Liriodendron.
OH has now put on the football so I'm off to sew.............
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Surprised they're doing well so far north @Fairygirl. They've naturalised in Brussels too and, in parts of London, are considered now to be a nuisance as they compete with native birds for food. Very noisy in packs but great fun as long as you have a bottomless source of bird feed.
We have bought ahole digger for planting fenceposts @Chicky but I am planning for OH to use it for preparing tree planting holes. Lots to go out now, icluding a liriodendron @Liriodendron.
OH has now put on the football so I'm off to sew.............
I think they have a 'home' @Lizzie27, but they obviously do a bit of flying around. I'm a fair few miles outside Glasgow, but we're relatively near the flight path of several airlines, especially during the main season, so perhaps they were following one I may let you have a loan @Dovefromabove, but it's crampon season now so I'll have to book you into a rota. Assuming I can haul my carcass up a hill sometime soon. I'd like to head back up to Glen Clova, to the memorial to the young chap who went missing up at Ben Tirran/The Goet near the Clova Hotel. It's approaching that time of year.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Used to see lots of parakeets in trees on the banks of the Thames in Windsor - think they are pretty well established there. None ventured into our woodland so far though.
Holes dug, roses planted 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Mr C is now on ground clearance, making room for the builders and their diggers when they arrive to start the greenhouse base ......so exciting 🤪
Getting exciting now for your greenhouse @chicky Will Mr C get roped into a bit of seed sowing and cutting arranging too?
I believe they [parakeets] can be a real nuisance in some areas, but I doubt these will be regulars here. I did some research and apparently there's a flock in Victoria Park , which is near the Clyde Tunnel, in the west of the city. Nice to see them though
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Mr C likes a bit of seed sowing .....but only if its vegetables 😀. Means we don’t tread on each others toes. My sweet peas are only tolerated in his veg garden because I have convinced him that the emphasis is on the second syllable 😉
Pleased to say that the kitten is in, it’s an awful night out there. She’s hidden under the sofa the gap’s all of 2” from the floor. She’ll get used to us.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It's been absolutely glorious here for a good few hours, sunshine, blue skies, warm and no wind. What a contrast to yesterday!
We have bought ahole digger for planting fenceposts @Chicky but I am planning for OH to use it for preparing tree planting holes. Lots to go out now, icluding a liriodendron @Liriodendron.
OH has now put on the football so I'm off to sew.............
I'm a fair few miles outside Glasgow, but we're relatively near the flight path of several airlines, especially during the main season, so perhaps they were following one
I may let you have a loan @Dovefromabove, but it's crampon season now so I'll have to book you into a rota.
Assuming I can haul my carcass up a hill sometime soon.
I'd like to head back up to Glen Clova, to the memorial to the young chap who went missing up at Ben Tirran/The Goet near the Clova Hotel. It's approaching that time of year.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Holes dug, roses planted 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Mr C is now on ground clearance, making room for the builders and their diggers when they arrive to start the greenhouse base ......so exciting 🤪
Will Mr C get roped into a bit of seed sowing and cutting arranging too?
I believe they [parakeets] can be a real nuisance in some areas, but I doubt these will be regulars here. I did some research and apparently there's a flock in Victoria Park , which is near the Clyde Tunnel, in the west of the city. Nice to see them though
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.