Exotic Parrots add colour to town’s daily life
April 09, 2002 — Filed in: Conservation
The average tourist will often rub their eyes in disbelief when they spot them. But to the residents of Kirkby Stephen, in Cumbria, the dozens of exotic birds who swoop over their heads on a daily basis is a familiar sight.
The 50 or so magnificent parrots and parakeets belong to bird fancier and staunch conservationist John Strutt, who set up the wildlife charity the John Strutt Conservation Foundation eight years ago.
