Another set of pictures not posted at the time. One of the local ring-necked parakeets high in a tree on the island in West Park’s boating late, back in January 2015.
The bird was one of a pair which were investigating an existing nest hole in the tree with a view to taking it over.
Shortly after these pictures were taken, the tree blew over in one of that winter’s gales. The parakeets moved on, and were perhaps one of the pair which found nest sites in the Smestow Valley / Tettenhall ridge area.