BBC Springwatch 2025, episode 9, broadcast on 9 June 2025, had a feature on Ring-necked Parakeets (Psittacula krameri) and Alexandrine Parakeets (Psittacula eupatria) and included distribution maps from the NBN Atlas.
You’ll be able to view the programme on BBC iPlayer (you need to register and sign in to the BBC to do so). If you want to skip to the feature on the Parakeets, it starts at around 20:35.
Find out more about the Parakeets and where the information comes from
You can explore the records for the Alexandrine Parakeet and the Ring-necked Parakeet on the NBN Atlas, including when and where these species were sighted. You can also see which groups and organisations have shared this important information with the NBN Atlas.
Here’s a summary of the 38 partners who have shared data on the Alexandrine and Ring-necked Parakeet records on the NBN Atlas:
- Birda
- BIS for Powys & Brecon Beacons National Park
- Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre
- British Trust for Ornithology
- Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Environmental Records Centre
- Caring for God’s Acre
- Centre for Environmental Data and Recording
- Cofnod – North Wales Environmental Information Service
- Environmental Records Information Centre North East
- Fife Nature Records Centre
- Greater Manchester Ecology Unit
- Harrow Nature Conservation Forum
- iSpot
- Lancashire Environment Record Network
- Leicestershire and Rutland Environmental Records Centre
- Manx National Heritage
- Merseyside BioBank
- National Trust
- Natural History Museum, London
- NatureSpot
- Norfolk Biodiversity Information Service
- Northumberland Wildlife Trust
- Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
- Record
- Rotherham Biological Records Centre
- Royal Horticultural Society
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- Scotland’s Environment Web
- Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust
- Sheffield Bird Study Group
- South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre
- Staffordshire Ecological Record
- Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service
- Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre
- The Road Lab UK
- West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre
- Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Have you seen Parakeets in your area?
If so, you can contribute to the maps on the NBN Atlas by sharing your sightings to iNaturalistUK. You can find out more about why you should get involved in recording wildlife on our website. You really can help to make a difference and it’s great fun too!
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