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Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks February to March · Old World Parrots · BOU category C1E*

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Afsarnayakkan, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Ring-necked Parakeet: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Ring-necked Parakeet has been recorded in 625 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (21%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Wales and Scotland. Reporting peaks in February to March.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
100% or more of visits
High
17% to 100%
Moderate
3% to 17%
Low
under 3%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 84%8%Low
February 87%8%High
March 89%9%Very high
April 81%8%Very high
May 65%6%Low
June 62%6%Very high
July 62%6%Very high
August 68%7%Low
September 77%7%Very high
October 79%8%Very high
November 97%9%Very high
December 100%10%High

Squares with the highest reporting rate in February

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
J37Belfast, Northern Ireland100%Very high
NS24North Ayrshire, Scotland100%Very high
NS25North Ayrshire, Scotland100%Very high
NS55East Renfrewshire, Scotland100%Very high
NZ24County Durham, England100%Very high
NZ42Stockton-on-Tees, England100%Very high
NZ45Sunderland, England100%Very high
SD32Lancashire, England100%Very high
SD71Bury, England100%Very high
SD81Rochdale, England100%Very high

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