London’s parakeets and other birds

Birds, books, singing scientists, Rembrandt revelations and more

This morning a parakeet landed on our bird feeder in South East London. Parakeets are not native to the UK, but there are thousands of them in London. Where they come from isn’t entirely clear. Possible theories point to a 1950s film set, aviary escapes, or Jimi Hendrix (or even all of the above), but either way, they now live in London and have been br…