Kites have just returned to british skies, jol and at least some people like parakeets visiting their gardens. Do you think history will repeat itself, or these birds facing a grim future? I don't think it will this time. It's partly that we've become more squeamish, and our conservation laws are simply much stronger. And i think also, given the generally degraded state of british nature, i think that british people would rather hear a kind of vulgar, squawking foreign call than just have silent all right!