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Deterring parakeets

LG_LG_ Posts: 4,359
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This is one for those in SE England / London I think.

Parakeet numbers seem to have jncreased enormously in the last few years, and where even just a year or two ago they were something I only saw in parks they are now everywhere. I haven't seen or heard any other birds in the local park this year, apart from the odd pigeon, and they are now ubiquitous in gardens and streets round here.

I haven't seen much evidence of damage in my own garden yet, but that's because I'm not growing much. They are a crop pest apparently, so when I get the vegetables and fruit going next year I expect to see more of them. I am certainlg seeing far, far fewer small birds in the garden these days, and can always hear a parakeet somewhere at any given time. 

My question is, has anyone found anything that might deter them? 

'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
- Cicero

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  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,359

    http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/parakeets-cause-problems-for-british-wildlife-2165449.html 

    http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/parakeet-damage.html#cr 

    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    OH used to live in Effingham  ( not tittering at the back ) 20 years ago they were not there, but in huge numbers there when we moved here 4 years ago.

    They're a bit of a marmite bird. some love them: some hate them

     

    Devon.
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,359

    They used to be a bit of a treat - a flash of exotic green, and the sound of them in the park made it feel qute tropical. But this year - perhaps due to the mild winter? - I can really see that they could be a problem. The park sounds like a tropical wildlife programme ALL the time, you can spot dozens at any given moment, and having seen them only rarely in the garden in previous years, they are now omnipresent. 

    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,359

    Bumping this up for the links.

    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • adrian.lord39adrian.lord39 Posts: 1
    North London June 2022
    Parakeets numerous and noise is horrendous. Dawn chorus non existent and general impression that other birds less numerous - magpies and pigeons excepted. 
    Does a distress or alarm call exist that might discourage them?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,491
    I did rig up a contraption that keeps them off an  individual bird feeder but I can't think of a legal way to deter them from crops. I can think of a satisfactory illegal method, though.😡
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    It's sad that no lessons have been learned from the grey squirrel issue.
    In years to come if the parakeets have driven out many of our native birds there will be wringing of hands, when it is too late......
    Your new 'dawn chorus' must be awful @adrian.lord39.



  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    We still only get them occasionally here, but I know it's only a matter of time.  If anyone has any ideas I would be happy to know it.  My big fear is if they establish at the Allotments,  we have enough trouble with pigeons,  squirrels and magpies.  😒
    AB Still learning

  • ColinAColinA Posts: 392
    You may have to net everything to deter them
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