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The Dorking is among the oldest British chicken breeds. It has sometimes been suggested that it derives from five-toed (rather than the usual four-toed) chickens brought to Britain by the Romans in the first century AD, [9] [10] but it is not known whether the Romans brought poultry with them, nor if they found five-toed poultry when they arrived. [4]
Milton Heath and The Nower is a 16-hectare (40-acre) nature reserve west of Dorking in Surrey. It is owned by Mole Valley District Council. This site has woodland, heath and grassland. Birds include green woodpeckers, great spotted woodpeckers, tawny owls, nuthatches and treecreepers. There is access from Westcott Road.
Milton Court, at the far west of the town of Dorking, is a 17th-century country house in Surrey.The court was expanded and substantially rebuilt by the Victorian architect William Burges and is a Grade II* listed building.
The Parrot is a dog friendly pub. Regular events include the 'Parrot Puzzler' quiz. [14] Recent promotional material and websites refer to the pub as The Parrot but its signage continues to display its full name. [2] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the pub opened up a space dubbed 'the Outside Inn.' [15]
The yellow-faced parrot (Alipiopsitta xanthops) was traditionally placed within this genus, but recent research has shown that it is more closely related to the short-tailed parrot and species in the genus Pionus, resulting in it being transferred to the monotypic genus Alipiopsitta. [9] [10]
The yellow-billed amazon (Amazona collaria), also called the yellow-billed parrot or Jamaican amazon, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae.It is a predominantly green parrot with a short tail and pink throat and neck.
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IUCN Red List Status Range Picture Senegal parrot: P. senegalus (Linnaeus, 1766) LC: West Africa (excluding the Maghreb) Red-bellied parrot: P. rufiventris (Rüppell, 1842) LC: Eastern Horn of Africa, eastern Kenya, and northeast Tanzania Rüppell's parrot: P. rueppellii (G. R. Gray, 1849) LC: Northern Namibia and the coast of Angola Brown ...