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From: "BARRY HOLLAND" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [canals-list] Basy bash day 4
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> sean neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today we have
> mostly been seeing parakeets!
>>
> Apparently the Weybridge / Esher area is the parakeet capital of the
> UK.
>
>> Graham
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> Sean
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> The story goes that the parakeets escaped from Shepperton film studios
> when ' Indiana Jones' films were being shot. Banding together, they
> weren't prey to the local wild birds, unlike escaping budgies etc. &
> are now about seventh or eighth generation. I've seen massive flocks
> below Hanwell. C'mon everybody, do a Bill Oddie & report just how far
> they've spread. List your sightings here!
> Barry
> Nb onthelumpythamessaturdayafternoon[15th]
I have heard that there are large numbers of parakeets around Esher
Rugby Club ground. We have them here in leafy Mottingham too, or rather
they live in the Hither Green sidings and commute to Avery Hill so they
fly over my house twice a day. Occasionally one calls in to my garden
for a bite to eat.
Dorothy
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