City of London Corporation monitoring parakeet numbers in Wanstead Park following tawny owl deaths

A MOB of exotic birds has staged an invasion of a public park - and appears to be trying to turf out the native population of tawny owls.

The City of London Corporation has confirmed it is monitoring numbers of ring-necked parakeets in Wanstead Park after the brightly-coloured birds turned on a pair of baby owls.

A young tawny owl was found seriously injured at the bottom of a tree by a member of the public earlier in the summer.

A second owlet, perched in the tree above, was being attacked by a group of the parakeets.

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