It's hard to miss acid-green arrows screaming through a grey British sky. Ear-splitting and eye-watering, the long tails and bright colours of ring-necked parakeets are becoming more familiar across ...

The bright green non-native ring-necked parakeets now thrive across the UK. Originally from Africa, it has become a successful invasive species in 34 countries on five continents, the study's lead ...

Suddenly over the sizzle of the sausages I heard an extraordinary noise and a flock of about sixty bright-green birds flew squawking overhead. Ring necked parakeets, our only naturalised parrot.

You would be forgiven for doing a double-take if you have ever spotted a bright green parakeet in the UK or heard one screeching as it flies overhead. A large population of non-native ring-necked ...