Lucy B has contacted us to say that this morning she experienced a random sighting of a bright green parakeet opposite her house.
They are common in London but has anyone ever seen one in our area? Or, has someone lost a pet?
Has anyone else seen it?
Updated later the same day
A pair of ringnecked parakeets (Psittacula krameri) were feasting on yew berries in the church yard this lunch time. Here is a photo of the female. The male did not stand still long enough to photograph him. Presumably they are from the breeding populations in either Manchester or Sheffield touring the countryside. It will be interesting how long they stay. Peter T
PARWICH.ORG 
Ring-necked Parakeets are attractive birds ( see https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/r/ringneckedparakeet/ ); an article in the Guardian this Summer said they are spreading with relatively local breeding populations in both Manchester and Sheffield (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/01/parakeet-cull-british-farms-birds-vineyards-research-uk). The article suggests they are are threat to native bird species.
Here is a photo I took in northern Germany two and a half years ago, there they are present in most cities and a lot of smaller towns:
It would be great if anyone got a snap of our local one.
Heard people have seen two in the Church Yard.
You must have blinked hard Lucy, what a surprise!