Focusing on a nothing more than a standard Wood Pigeon and not expecting to see much more than a few Magpies you can imagine my shock when i saw a flash of electric green whizz past my head, i spent about 20 minutes trying to find it again. Eventually high up in the trees i saw a parakeet, the first i'd seen in the capital. Thinking i had found something incredible i got very excited, pointing my 300mm vertically up was strenuous on the neck muscles and i only got some very standard shots.
I later found out there are over 10,000 wild ring-necked Parakeets in London. It was still great to see them in their natural environment; a small woodland next to an estate in the north london borough of Haringey.
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| Very good camouflage made them difficult to find |
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| I spotted 3 all together |
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| A very distinctive silhouette when in flight |
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