Pre-dinner exercise on Christmas Day took us to the Mersey Valley via Chorlton Meadows. We heard the distinctive screech of a Ring-necked/ Rose-ringed Parakeet, and then saw it fly into a tree. Spent a few minutes looking for it, convinced it had not flown out, and then noticed a couple of large holes in the trunk. Just beginning to wonder whether it might have gone in when out it popped:
![Ring-necked or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66as0qJlpl6YREHS75Dwtttz0XgMhcGLssT5cDsib7cZR_jEztNuwEubttG2-sFr0K2N9ak5Ez-BjM2YjOwo78rW0WF3Rc0pYiFYKBNIBoxgSOQMjGFdI6P8R5eaqzkgzP4QYHwrOxk3k/s400/20161225-P1060199.JPG) |
Ring-necked or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) |
![Ring-necked or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hv76xLZkd_n0RuGDZsQEK5qMsiC9QTNsb8YwhrCUAZhb32-jvxc_3iyW0Lx2tIl5QWXVjjCsKZBbI5M1m1D0hIDQ6rJr_qNIgZG-l5b0QfSwaX-3Vx9uGSrdwUs2_FC69d01V0OZtjiY/s400/20161225-P1060201.JPG) |
Ring-necked or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) |
![Ring-necked or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8TWl_a3CBOS3zy2368qlJa7hm3tGbyXZ3WrTPA_Rf1mDLlGX53e_u74gGeEjF86VTE-x2PzAGAe_NqUvXSL1J8mV005cYeWWuBF1CZ_H0L6ud0GRTckrS8wo2_gA_fq1mj2f73OBRqnf/s640/20161225-P1060203.JPG) |
Ring-necked or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) |
![Ring-necked or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUYfw6m5HXtTd1rRKoJVDBrdeHv-dMiADR9bqHpfcFmyv0cNOQcFmnLFWSO3rlebS253V0St_1n0ZFeNOVVa6Rb9kK8kyybB1i3smyTXbT1o7EVowmpTs6Q8nNr51wF6CnUDLwFcoyRXX/s640/20161225-P1060204.JPG) |
Ring-necked or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) |
Continuing on to the Mersey, we noticed some Willow catkins just starting to emerge, and Hawthorn leaves, both perhaps indicative of the warm winter so far - about 14C today!
Cathy and Mike Pettipher
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