RING NECKED PARAKEET

Ring Necked Parakeet, Wanstead Park - March 2009 (Roy Woodward)

Ring Necked Parkeet photos

Ring Necked Parakeet: Increasingly Common Visitor - perhaps Resident now.

Ring Necked Parakeets, otherwise known as Rose Ringed Parakeets are increasing in London and the South East, until 2009 they were occasional visitors in the borough, but during 2009 they seemed to take up residence in Wanstead Park, although no pair has yet been confirmed to breed...

2010 population: peak count from each site - 91 birds

• Hainault Golf Course: 1
• Hatch Forest: 18
• Roding Valley Park: 1
• Valentines Park: 7
• Wanstead Flats: 45
• Wanstead Park: 19

2009 population: peak count from each site - 66 birds

• Eagle Pond: 3
• Fairlop Waters: 1
• South Park: 1
• South Woodford Garden: 2
• Valentines Park: 2
• Wanstead Flats: 27
• Wanstead Park: 30