Rose-ringed parakeet, Amsterdam, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.
Rose-ringed Parakeets on a snowy winter’s day on Heemstedestraat, suburban Amsterdam. The birds are year round residents, having built up from a feral populations in the 1970s.
Writer, photographer, environmental campaigner and "known troublemaker" Dave Walsh is the founder of Blather.net, described both as "possibly the most arrogant and depraved website to be found either side of the majestic Shannon River", and "the nicest website circulating in Ireland". Half Irishman, half-bicycle. He lives in southern Irish city of Barcelona.