Nature notes in January: damp days and a promise of Spring on a street tree - Harringay online2024-03-28T17:28:48Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/nature-notes-in-january-damp-days-and-a-promise-of-spring-on-a-st?commentId=844301%3AComment%3A1049597&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThere’s a whole flock recentl…tag:harringayonline.com,2018-01-13:844301:Comment:10496582018-01-13T17:58:39.356ZNickyhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Nicky833
<p>There’s a whole flock recently arrived in our gardens between Tancred, Lothair and Endymion Road. I’ve seen a fair few in Finsbury Park recently too. Someone in Tancred has a window bird feeder in their first floor window and they seem to love that. Really enjoy watching them swoop up to get the seeds and hovering as they feed. Unusual for bigger birds to eat from a feeder like that. They’re such a pretty splash of colour but noisy beggars. </p>
<p>There’s a whole flock recently arrived in our gardens between Tancred, Lothair and Endymion Road. I’ve seen a fair few in Finsbury Park recently too. Someone in Tancred has a window bird feeder in their first floor window and they seem to love that. Really enjoy watching them swoop up to get the seeds and hovering as they feed. Unusual for bigger birds to eat from a feeder like that. They’re such a pretty splash of colour but noisy beggars. </p> Indeed the newspaper article…tag:harringayonline.com,2018-01-13:844301:Comment:10495342018-01-13T15:11:02.427ZGordon Thttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GordonT
<p>Indeed the newspaper article is stuffed full of pejorative terms - I began to think the journalist was attempting a sort of reverse 'Animal Farm', doing down the parakeets with everything to hand.</p>
<p>Indeed the newspaper article is stuffed full of pejorative terms - I began to think the journalist was attempting a sort of reverse 'Animal Farm', doing down the parakeets with everything to hand.</p> I wonder when birds which bec…tag:harringayonline.com,2018-01-13:844301:Comment:10495972018-01-13T14:44:35.051ZGraham Charnockhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GrahamCharnock
<p>I wonder when birds which become established here stop being 'invasive'. I think Nigel Farage is thinking the same thing about immigrants. Note the Daily Mail Quote. I find the term 'feral' parakeets perjorative. All wild birds are feral, aren't they. We have lots of feral goldfinches on our feeders.</p>
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<p>I wonder when birds which become established here stop being 'invasive'. I think Nigel Farage is thinking the same thing about immigrants. Note the Daily Mail Quote. I find the term 'feral' parakeets perjorative. All wild birds are feral, aren't they. We have lots of feral goldfinches on our feeders.</p>
<p></p> Thanks Gordon. Very interesti…tag:harringayonline.com,2018-01-13:844301:Comment:10495322018-01-13T13:52:05.735ZDick Harrishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/DickHarris
<p>Thanks Gordon. Very interesting.</p>
<p>Thanks Gordon. Very interesting.</p> Daily sightings/hearings in t…tag:harringayonline.com,2018-01-13:844301:Comment:10495862018-01-13T13:01:42.659ZGordon Thttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GordonT
<p>Daily sightings/hearings in the back gardens next to Railway Fields, small group pictured here, taken 5 mins ago. Resident since at least Summer/Autumn 2016. Have counted as many as a dozen.</p>
<p>As for ecological risk, there's a write-up here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_parakeets_in_Great_Britain" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_parakeets_in_Great_Britain</a></p>
<p>Alternatively, this from August 2016, two months after That…</p>
<p>Daily sightings/hearings in the back gardens next to Railway Fields, small group pictured here, taken 5 mins ago. Resident since at least Summer/Autumn 2016. Have counted as many as a dozen.</p>
<p>As for ecological risk, there's a write-up here: <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_parakeets_in_Great_Britain" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_parakeets_in_Great_Britain</a></p>
<p>Alternatively, this from August 2016, two months after That Vote: <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3764383/Should-cull-squawking-parakeets-50-000-threatening-British-birds-gobbling-crops-breeding-like-crazy.html" target="_blank">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3764383/Should-cull-squawki...</a></p>
<p>Headline: <em> Should we cull the squawking parakeets? 50,000 of them are threatening British birds, gobbling crops – and they are breeding like crazy</em></p>
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<p></p> I'm hoping the two I saw are…tag:harringayonline.com,2018-01-13:844301:Comment:10495852018-01-13T12:24:49.184ZGraham Charnockhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GrahamCharnock
<p>I'm hoping the two I saw are a breeding pair and not just a couple of singletons. They are a colourful bird and I would like to see more around. I'm not sure how much they may be considered a pest, any more than any other wild bird.</p>
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<p>I'm hoping the two I saw are a breeding pair and not just a couple of singletons. They are a colourful bird and I would like to see more around. I'm not sure how much they may be considered a pest, any more than any other wild bird.</p>
<p></p> There are few sightings menti…tag:harringayonline.com,2018-01-13:844301:Comment:10494992018-01-13T06:29:39.527ZDick Harrishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/DickHarris
<p>There are few sightings mentioned on HoL. I haven't seen a parakeet since the photos I posted in Nov 2016.</p>
<p>There are few sightings mentioned on HoL. I haven't seen a parakeet since the photos I posted in Nov 2016.</p> Saw two parakeets on our feed…tag:harringayonline.com,2018-01-12:844301:Comment:10492412018-01-12T17:11:42.780ZGraham Charnockhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/GrahamCharnock
<p>Saw two parakeets on our feeder in our garden in Kimberley Gardens. First time I've seen them locally, although a friend in West London sees flocks of them daily. Anyboidy else had any sightings? I would like to know how widespread they are, or are becoming.</p>
<p>Saw two parakeets on our feeder in our garden in Kimberley Gardens. First time I've seen them locally, although a friend in West London sees flocks of them daily. Anyboidy else had any sightings? I would like to know how widespread they are, or are becoming.</p> These hazel catkins in my nei…tag:harringayonline.com,2018-01-12:844301:Comment:10490242018-01-12T10:04:31.219ZDick Harrishttps://harringayonline.com/profile/DickHarris
<p>These hazel catkins in my neighbour's garden were snapped on 2nd January. Not much else showing here apart from the tips of various bulbs sticking up and a white hebe in flower.</p>
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<p>These hazel catkins in my neighbour's garden were snapped on 2nd January. Not much else showing here apart from the tips of various bulbs sticking up and a white hebe in flower.</p>
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<p></p> I'm a bit worried about all t…tag:harringayonline.com,2018-01-11:844301:Comment:10489812018-01-11T18:05:51.060ZJulieBhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/JulieBartley
<p>I'm a bit worried about all these early arrivals and another cold snap. We have some wild garlic in flower in our little garden too!</p>
<p>I'm a bit worried about all these early arrivals and another cold snap. We have some wild garlic in flower in our little garden too!</p>