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Was Jimi Hendrix responsible for parakeets in England?
Just how did ring-necked parakeets get introduced to the UK in the middle of the 20th century? There is a myth that Jimi Hendrix was responsible for releasing them originally in to the wilds of North London. There are now hundreds of thousands in the south-east of England.
First broadcast on Nature's Great Invaders, 1 September 2016.
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