9 of your most colourful images as parakeets continue to be spotted around the Black Country
Whether you love them or hate them, wild parakeets are seemingly here to stay.
Breeding populations of parakeets were accidentally released into the UK around the late 1960s; although the earliest sightings date back to the early 1800s. In 2026, the colourful avian can be found in almost every region of the West Midlands and wider country.
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While they do look cute and adorable, parakeets are known to be highly territorial; they are described as 'natural opportunists', and often squabble with other birds over nesting locations and feeding spots, at times pushing them out of their natural habitat.
Whether you love or hate them, it's hard to disagree that it is a pleasing sight to see these little rascals dangling upside down from the trees or flittering from branch to branch.
It's common to see sightings of the birds in large green spaces with plenty of tall, thick trees.
