Late afternoon I nipped into my garden and soon after a Ring-necked Parakeet was flying around and it landed in my neighbour's conifer. Five minutes later, it was in another garden's tree and goading me to take some pictures. Finally, I gave in and grabbed the camera.
This is one of the last of the Studland Parakeets which were released by the ex-publican of the Bankes Arms, who released about a dozen or so individuals when he left the area in the early 1990s. Most of the small, stable population were shot on instruction of the Studland golf course a couple of years ago.
Will this be the next species to die out in the Isle of Purbeck?