▁par ake ets ", ▁after ▁the ▁London ▁sub ur bs ▁of ▁King ston ▁upon ▁Th ames ▁and ▁T wick en ham . ▁The ▁par ake ets , ▁which ▁bre ed ▁rapidly , ▁have ▁since ▁spread ▁beyond ▁these ▁areas , ▁and ▁f lock s ▁have ▁been ▁sight ed ▁in ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁Britain . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁f lock ▁of ▁around ▁ 2 0 ▁to ▁ 3 0 ▁settled ▁in ▁Victoria ▁Park , ▁Glasgow . ▁Other ▁separate ▁par ake et ▁populations ▁exist ▁around ▁other ▁European ▁cities . ▁ ▁Origin ▁of ▁the ▁f lock s ▁▁ ▁How ▁exactly ▁the ▁par ake et ▁population ▁first ▁came ▁to ▁exist ▁and ▁th rive ▁in ▁the ▁wild ▁in ▁England ▁is ▁not ▁known . ▁Cons istent ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁w ides p read ▁photograph s ▁of ▁the ▁birds ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 9 0 s ▁are ▁multiple ▁theories ▁that ▁a ▁pair ▁or ▁more ▁bre eding ▁par ake ets ▁escaped ▁or ▁were ▁released . ▁ ▁More ▁specific ▁introduction ▁theories ▁have ▁been ▁published ▁such ▁as ▁that : ▁ ▁par ake ets ▁escaped ▁from ▁the ▁branch ▁of ▁E aling ▁Studios ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁film ing ▁of ▁The ▁African ▁Queen ▁— ▁Is le worth ▁Studios ▁— ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁par ake ets ▁escaped ▁from ▁dam aged ▁av i aries ▁during ▁the ▁Great ▁Storm ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁a ▁pair ▁were ▁released ▁by ▁Jim i ▁Hend rix ▁in ▁Car nab y ▁Street , ▁London , ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁birds ▁reported