PARAKEETS INVADING THE UK

The population of parakeets now living wild in the UK is growing astronomically, according to the British Trust for Ornithology. The group says the birds are “unstoppable.” Since 1995 there’s been an increase of more than 2000%. The parakeet population has not only doubled in the last 10 years, but also went up by almost a third in the last five years. Originally from India and Pakistan, the ring-necked parakeets are officially an invasive species, thriving all over the UK, including Wales and even parts of Northern Ireland.
* The budgies won’t budge.
* Let me introduce you to America’s invasive species, the Florida python. Maybe we can work a trade.
* Maybe if they left some of that British food out for them, it would drive them away. Like jellied eels or kidney pudding.
* I thought that the one thing Britain was famous for was dead parrots.
* Still, if you’re gonna have an invasive species from India, at least it’s not the marauding monkeys that invade towns. Cuter, too.