Works to cut down the elm tree in Lowestoft Cemetery were due to take place on Wednesday.

The elm tree in Lowestoft Cemetery that houses the parakeets. Image: Wendy Hammond (Image: Wendy Hammond)

But locals - who regularly flock to try to catch a glimpse of the UK's only naturalised parrot - cried foul and ruffled council feathers in an effort to stop the felling and prevent the parakeet from being evicted.

Some people also believe more than one parakeet lives in the tree.

Wendy Hammond, of Lowestoft, stood her ground in front of the tree and refused to move until investigations had taken place.

Mrs Hammond, who is a member of the Friends of Lowestoft Cemetery group and walks her two Labradors through Lowestoft Cemetery every day, said: "The parakeet has been here since Covid, about four years.

The parakeet at its 'home' tree in Lowestoft Cemetery. Image: Frank E Gray (Image: Frank E Gray)

"The branches have all been cut from the tree which is........

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