Ring-necked parakeets have been established in Wolverhampton for some years now, nesting in the Tettenhall ridge / Smestow valley area. Nearer the city centre I’ve heard them quite often in West Park, glimpsed them there very occasionally, and sometimes seen them flying over the streets nearby.
A few years ago, a pair investigated a hole in the trunk of one of the trees on the island in West Park lake, and seemed to have decided to nest there. A few days later, a gale blew down the tree. Parakeet presence in the park reverted to often heard, rarely seen.
Early in February, a parakeet was once again investigating a hole in a tree; a tree which happened to have been a near neighbour of the fallen one. Since then, almost every time I’ve been to the park, there’s been one or more parakeets visible. Sometimes it’s just been brief glimpses of them flying off because they spotted me first. Usually, as here, they have been high in a tree and more than half-hidden by the lower branches.