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:
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| Ring-necked or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) |
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| Ring-necked or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) |
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| Ring-necked or Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) |
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| 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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