The vibrant birds had been noticed taking part in and nesting in a tree line at Leasowes Park, Halesowen, earlier this week.
Bird watchers are actually descending on the park from miles round in a bid to catch a glimpse of them.
In a video, despatched to the Express and Star, the colony of birds, regarded as ring-necked parakeets, may be noticed leaping and taking part in within the bushes at Leasowes Park as they proceed to nest within the Black Country’s greenspaces.
Earlier this 12 months, speaking in regards to the enhance in wild parakeet numbers, Jacob Williams, senior reserves officer at Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust, stated: “Ring-necked parakeets should not native to the UK and though they’re lovely birds, they’re additionally a robust and aggressive species.
“There are reported considerations that parakeets could possibly be having a detrimental influence on a few of our native fowl species such because the woodpecker and the nuthatch by occupying cavities for nesting – and the good tit and blue tit by dominating native meals sources.
“Researchers are presently finding out the potential impact that the rise in parakeet populations could also be having on our native wildlife.”
Jason Peters, 65, an avid fowl watcher from Brownhills, stated he’s travelling to the park with hopes of seeing the parakeets.
Mr Peters stated: “They’re good birds to see within the wild they are surely! They are actually playful and fairly pleasant to people so they’re an actual pleasure to observe.
“Their numbers are rising I feel, there are extra sightings from what I bear in mind once I was simply beginning out, however that is a great factor and a foul factor, they are often fairly unhealthy for the native wildlife after they settle in a location.”
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