Parrots over Longford

[vetteheadracer]

Walking from the car park to the office this morning there were 2 parrots flying overhead! Now you might think I have finally lost all grip on reality, but I took a photo of one of them sitting in a tree just to prove I am not bonkers.
BTW I used to work in Brussels and there was a whole flock of parrots living in Woluwe St. Lambert.

Any of you seen parrots flying wild in the UK?

[Graham Butler]

My sister has parrots in her garden. She lives in Ashford - the Middlesex one

[v-spec]

vetteheadracer said:

BTW I used to work in Brussels and there was a whole flock of parrots living in Woluwe St. Lambert.

That's where I live, and the parrots seem to live in the trees and fields at the end of my street (near the windmill?).
I've been here for 4 years and never noticed them until my parents visited and pointed them out! Nice green ones, wonder what they do in the winter?

[mutt k]

Large colony of them in Hyde Park.

[ZR1cliff]

If you do a search through history we touched on this subject recently,there are wild parrot colonies all over the place for one reason or another.

[JMGS4]

Even Bill Oddie did a part of one of his twitching programmes about some flocks of parrots in Lunnun ...was mucho surpriso me sen!!

[vetteheadracer]

v-spec said:

vetteheadracer said: BTW I used to work in Brussels and there was a whole flock of parrots living in Woluwe St. Lambert. That's where I live, and the parrots seem to live in the trees and fields at the end of my street (near the windmill?). I've been here for 4 years and never noticed them until my parents visited and pointed them out! Nice green ones, wonder what they do in the winter?

I used to live in the flats (can't remember the name) but I could see the windmill about 200 yards away to the right!
I used to work for Merck up near the Cora supermarket.

[Wildfire]

No we regularly get loads in out garden in Kenley.

[Size Nine Elm]

You get one thread about parrots, and then everyone else starts copying it... parrot fashion...

[v-spec]

vetteheadracer said:

I used to live in the flats (can't remember the name) but I could see the windmill about 200 yards away to the right! I used to work for Merck up near the Cora supermarket.

I'm very close to there, just the other side of the field with the windmill. Your daily commute must have been an easy one, Cora's not far I have to do the whole length of the Bvd de la Woluwe towards the airport, but it's ok if I take the 'vette like today

[vetteheadracer]

v-spec said:

vetteheadracer said: I used to live in the flats (can't remember the name) but I could see the windmill about 200 yards away to the right! I used to work for Merck up near the Cora supermarket. I'm very close to there, just the other side of the field with the windmill. Your daily commute must have been an easy one, Cora's not far I have to do the whole length of the Bvd de la Woluwe towards the airport, but it's ok if I take the 'vette like today

Excellent you also have the Opel/Corvette garage on the road up to Zaventum that I used to drool at the window!

[v-spec]

vetteheadracer said:

v-spec said: vetteheadracer said: I used to live in the flats (can't remember the name) but I could see the windmill about 200 yards away to the right! I used to work for Merck up near the Cora supermarket. I'm very close to there, just the other side of the field with the windmill. Your daily commute must have been an easy one, Cora's not far I have to do the whole length of the Bvd de la Woluwe towards the airport, but it's ok if I take the 'vette like today Excellent you also have the Opel/Corvette garage on the road up to Zaventum that I used to drool at the window!

That's my usual excuse for taking the 'vette out on a Sunday afternoon. They haven't got a Z06 yet - so I have to keep going back to check

[vetteheadracer]

I saw three at Mosport in Canada a couple of weeks ago, apparently they won't be releasing the Z06 to the public until December.......just in time for Santa to wrap mine

[groucho]

ZR1cliff said:

If you do a search through history we touched on this subject recently,there are wild parrot colonies all over the place for one reason or another.

They all originate from escapees.

[t0ny99]

Thousands of the noisy buggers around here. Heard several stories as to where they originated from, but my favourite is that they were released after the filming of African Queen at Shepperton Studios.

More here though

[shirepro]

There is a house just off the Kings Road where the front has a great big net over it and parrots fly in and out of the house lie some giant public aviary.

[parrot of doom]

Nothing to see, move along......