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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jhanlon" data-source="post: 3569612" data-attributes="member: 15773">One of the main differences between these and the parakeets from an ecological perspective is that whereas the parakeets are prolific breeders, these are not. They are widespread in UK from releases (and escapes - I found one at the bottom of my garden in London when I was a kid) but for a long time there was no evidence of breeding, presumably due to our cool climate. I'm not sure of the current situation - a web search will probably provide some updated info - but I'd be surprised if there are more than a handful of confirmed breeding records even now. Can anyone confirm or deny this?Perhaps just as well as terrapins are bad news for native species, eating all manner of stuff. Parakeets might occupy a few nest holes here and there but I don't think they are generally considered a particularly aggressive coloniser in the ecological sense.</blockquote>