London Parakeets.

[marty21]

Loads around the Walthamstow Marshes - see huge flocks of them . Also see them a bit in Kentish Town.

 

[marty21]

about 500 of them passing over my balcony daily just after dawn and just before dusk. flocks of 50 or so.
5 or 6 made the tree outside my kitchen window their home.
love them. they are my friends.

Yep, that's the flock I see

 

[TopCat]

If the flock local to me breed and their chicks over winter there will be zillions!

 

[Winot]

Was waiting at the lights on Clapham Rd a while back and a flock rocketed through the junction down the middle of the road. Well the lights were green after all.

 

[TopCat]

I like the way they are raucous en masse

 

[stockwelljonny]

I was in the walled garden in. Battsersea Park yesterday and there was a v noisy Crows vs Parakeets face off, they seemed to be arguing over occupation of a tree. It interrupted my reverie somewhat. The Crows seemed to get the better of it

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[andysays]

A few more to add to the population

Endangered parrots Lily and Margot escape London Zoo​

Two critically endangered parrots have escaped London Zoo. Blue-throated macaws Lily and Margot were on a routine flight when they flew out of their enclosure on Monday. The pair have taken detours and hidden high up in the trees in the past but have never completely disappeared until now. London Zoo has asked for any sightings to be reported to them, adding the two blue and yellow-feathered birds were likely to stick together.

Judging from the names they're both female so we won't be seeing an explosion of Blue-throated macaws across London.