Nesting Census 2016.

The Mute Swan Nesting Census 2016 16th May With 10 nests now hatched, it is getting to the busy stage of the census!  However, some interesting data is emerging on our Coloured Ring Project.  Out of our 175 Project birds we have only relocated 105 of them!  This means there are lots of missing birds.  Brendan Kavanagh recently re-sighted 2 of the missing Swans in Kilcullen, Co Kildare.  That is 37 Km from where they were ringed.   The dispersal area is further that we anticipated. CABF with 4 Cygnets in Tymon Park 15 May 2016 The census now looks like this.  There are still lots of sites that any report would be greatly appreciated. 1 Ashtown Royal Canal 15/05/2016 Pair Nesting CALH CALI 2 Belcamp Darndale No report due to access 3 Blanchardstwon IT 24/04/2016 Pair Nesting CAJA CAHK 4 Blessington Basin Dublin City No report 5 Broadmeadows 1 Swords `15/04/2016 Pair Nesting CADV ? 6 Broadmeadows 2 Swords `15/04/2016 Pair Nesting ? ? 7 Broadmeadows 3 Swords `15/04/2016 Pair Nesting ? ? 8 Castleknock Station Royal Canal 15/05/2016 4 Cygnets CALJ CALK 9 Casleknock Country Club Golf Club Report of Swans present 10 Clongriffen Park Fr Collins 03/05/2016 6 Cygnets CAJC CAJH 11 Darndale Park Darndale No report 12 Dublin Zoo Phoenix Park Report of Swans present 13 Knock Lake Dublin North No report 14 Luttrelstown Golf Course No report 15 Northwood Park Santry 24/04/2016 Pair Nesting CAJS Unringed 16 Peoples Garden Phoenix Park 05/05/2016 Pair Nesting Unringed Unringed 17 Phibsboro CrossGuns 08/05/2016 Pair Nesting Unringed 18 Poppintree Park 22/04/2016 Removed Nesting CAPZ 19 Royal Dublin Golf Course Bull Island No report 20 Skerries Mill Dublin No report 21 Star Dust Memorial Coolock 24/04/2016 Pair Nesting CAJC CAJH 22 Tolka River, Drumcondra Fagans Pub 15/05/2016 Pair Nesting 23 Tolka River, Fairview Eastwall Report of Swans present, No nest 24 Tolka Valley Park Finglas 30/04/2016 Pair Nesting CAJV Unringed 25 Tone Resevoir Dublin North No report due to access 26 Turvey Rogerstown 09/04/2016 Pair Nesting CAFV 27 Waterville Park Blanchardstown 02/05/2016 Pair Nesting CALL 28 Ballycragh Firhouse 09/05/2016 6? Cygnets CACI CACJ 29 Ballymount Park Dublin 24/04/2016 24 1 Nest CABK ? 30 Basin Grand Canal 03/05/2016 Pair Nesting Metal Unringed 31 Blackrock Park Booterstown 05/05/2016 Pair Nesting Metal Unringed 32 Bushy Park Rathfarnham No report 33 Cabinteely Park Dublin 06/04/2016 1 No Nest 34 Corkagh Park Fiseries Lake 03/05/2016 Pair Nesting Unringed Unringed 35 Corkagh Park Wildfowl lakes 03/05/2016 Pair Nesting Unringed Metal 36 Grange Castle Bus. Pk. Clondalkin 17/04/2016 12 No Nest 37 Hermatige Golf Club Golf Club 06/05/2016 Pair Nesting 38 Hurbert Park Dublin 05/05/2016 Pair Nesting 39 Marley Park Lower Lake 06/05/2016 Pair Nesting 40 Parkwest Ballyfermot 24/04/2016 Failed CAKC CACP 41 Sean Walsh Park Lake 2 Tallaght 18/04/2016 5 Cygnets Unringed CAAH 42 Sean Walsh Park Lake 3 Tallaght 18/04/2016 Pair Nesting CAAI CALB 43 Sean Walsh Park Lake 5 Tallaght 09/05/2016 3 Cygnets CALC CAAB 44 St Stephens Green Dublin 09/05/2016 Pair Nesting 45 Tymon Park Tymon North 23/04/2016 6 Cygnets CAAL CAAP 46 Tymon Park Lime Kiln Mid Lake 17/04/2016 4 Cygnets CABD CABF 47 Tymon Park Spa Well 19/04/2016 Pair Nesting CABI Unringed 48 Tymon Park Lime Kiln Top Lake 17/04/2016 Pair Nesting Unringed 49 UCD Belfield O'Reilly Lake 09/05/2016 8 Cygnets 50 UCD Belfield New Lake 04/04/2016 Pair Nesting 51 War Memorial Island Bridge 17/04/2016 Pair Nesting Unringed Unringed 52 Ard Clough, Gnd Canal Kildare 19/04/2016 Pair Nesting CALF Unringed 53 Athgarvan Bridge Liffey No report 54 Carton House Maynooth No report 55 Dunmurray House Kildare 25/04/2016 Pair Nesting 56 Lake Side  Newbridge 26/04/2016 Pair Nesting CADP 57 Lidl, Newbridge Rd Naas 14/04/2016 Pair Nesting ? ? 58 Maynooth Harbour 05/05/2016 Pair Nesting 59 Maynooth Fishing Lakes 05/05/2016 Pair Nesting 60 Naas Pond 1 Nearest Town Naas 14/05/2016 Pair Nesting CABS Unringed 61 Naas Pond 3 Fair Green Naas 20/04/2016 9 Cygnets CABV CALX 62 Newbridge Golf Club 02/05/2016 Pair Nesting CAPL Metal 63 Newbridge Liffey Bridge No report 64 Ploopluck Bridge Naas 14/04/2016 Pair Nesting ? ? 65 Punchardstown RC Naas 20/04/2016 ? 66 Ballinastoe Golf Club No report 67 Blackditch ECNR Newcastle 06/05/2016 Pair Nesting 68 Blainroe Golf Club 13th Hole Par3 Report of Swans present 69 Blessington Demanse 05/05/2016 Pair Gone! Unringed Unringed 70 Charlesland Golf Club Wicklow 04/05/2016 3 Cygnets 71 Druids Glen Golf Club Report of Swans present 72 Druids Heath Golf Club Report of Swans present 73 Druids Heath Golf Club 3rd Hole Report of Swans present 74 Dun Laoghaire Golf Club Report of Swans present 75 Glen Mill Golf Club No report 77 Kilcoole Co Wicklow 06/05/2016 Pair Nesting 78 Kilcoole Golf Club 3rd Hole 12/05/2016 Pair Nesting 79 Millbrook Golf Club No report 80 Powerscourt Golf Club Report of Swans present 81 Russborough House Blessington 05/05/2016 Uncertain 82 Tulfarris Golf Club No report 83 Vartry Resevoir No report 84 Woodenbridge Golf Club No report 07/05/2016 A jump to 43 nests and 3 already hatched!  Please keep the reports coming in, even if it is just still on nest. all data is appreciated 03/05/2016 A second nest has hatched, this time at Fr Collins Park.  Many thanks to Tom Carroll for the report. That now brings us to 36 nests this year.  Still down on last year, but hopefully as the weather improves we will get more reports. Swan  + Coloured ring CACL in Ballymount Park 30/04/2016 The project is now up to 32 nests.  Many thanks to all who have reported nests.  There are still a lot of traditional sites that have no report to date. The re-sighting of the coloured rings is moving along nicely. Many thanks for all the sightings.  particular thanks to all the Kildare Branch members who have been submitting reports.  Help is still needed as 91 individuals sighted out of 160 means there are 70 out there to be read for the first time since April 1st 24/04/2016 We are only at 26 nests which is less than expected at this time.  However there are lots of sites which have had no reports to date.  I expect this figure to rise over the coming weeks. Most of the non breeding Swans have moved off the Grand Canal into Parks.  With the RAS project (Re-trapping Adults for Survival) has now at 84 resighted - so a good start to this project.  22/04/2016 i was watching Swans trying to build a nest today and came home to find a report of the first 2016 Hatchings!! In April.  Last year May 4th was the earliest and it was the same pair first this year but 2 weeks earlier. 18/04/2016 So another years nesting Census has commenced.  2015 was a good breeding year, so a second years data required to get an accurate picture.  This year many of the Swans are ringed.  Initially I will update this page  weekly as reports come in.  Already 21 nests confirmed and many traditional sites not yet visited. The date on the chart is the date last report received and the yellow codes are coloured leg rings to keep track of individuals. I will be adding many more locations and all reports are welcome and replied to.  mute.swan.ring@gmail.com