An exotic splash of garish green is adding some unusual spring colour around North Tyneside.
And the fleeting appearance of the shade high up on the branches of the predominantly still bare trees is becoming the squawk of the town around North Shields and further afield.
The cause of the flap is flocks of gregarious emerald green, ring-necked parakeets which are becoming an increasingly common sight in Northumberland Park between Tynemouth and North Shields and along the area’s historic network of 19th Century waggonways and open spaces.
