Ex-Parrots?

Interesting (but not very new) news from the London Evening Standard (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23751194-open-season-on-parakeets.do) that Natural England have confirmed that there is to be open season on London's 40,000 feral Ring-necked parakeets along with the Monk parakeet, Canada goose and Egyptian goose. All these alien species can be humanely shot, trapped or netted (along with native crows and magpies) where thay are deemed to pose a threat to natural lifelife, public health or public safety. The Ring-necked parakeet has been described as "the Grey squirrel of the skies" and has been accused of 'bullying' smaller birds and even attacking church spires! I understand the reasoning behind the decisions but the birds are simply doing what they do.