2018 Mute Swan Nesting Census - Update 31/05/2018

2018 Mute Swan Nesting Census  31/05/2018

Time for an update!  Nest reports are coming in from Wicklow and they have been added.  There are still many Golf Courses to check.  42 nests is well down on previous years.  I think the snow took it's toll.  

Stlll Swans on nests, Grangecastle due on 6th of June (I think)

	Location	Date	Status	Cygs	A	B
DN	Fr Collins Park	07/05/2018	Hatched	6	CAJC	CAJH
DN	Peoples Garden	25/05/2018	Hatched	7	-	-
DN	Poppintree Park	20/05/2018	FAILED	6	CALV	CBAK
DN	Shandon Gardens	14/05/2018	Hatched	2	CASC	CASB
DN	Tolka Valley Park	26/05/2018	Unknown		CAJV
DN	Broombridge	26/05/2018	On Nest
DN	Turvey	13/05/2018	On Nest		CAFV
DN	Santry	15/05/2018	FAILED		CAJS
DN	Blessington Basin	21/05/2018	On Nest		CBFN
DS	Aviva Stadium	30/05/2018	Hatched	5	CAPC	CAVN
DS	Ballycragh Park Firhouse	14/05/2018	Hatched	6	CACJ	CACI
DS	Ballymount Park	27/05/2018	Hatched	6	CABK	CBIB
DS	Bushy Park	20/05/2018	Hatched	5	CBAH
DS	Corkagh Park	25/05/2018	Hatched	5	CBIK
DS	Grand Canal Dock	21/05/2018	FAILED			ZY4379
DS	Grand Canal, Blackhorse	22/04/2018	FAILED		CAVB	CAZL
DS	Grange Castle Bus Park	25/05/2018	On Nest		CAKC	CBIH
DS	Hurbert Park		On Nest
DS	Parkwest	14/05/2018	Hatched	7	-	-
DS	Sean Walsh Park Lake 3	08/05/2018	Hatched	5	CBSB	CBLK
DS	Sean Walsh Park Stadium	28/05/2018	Hatched	5	CAXF	CAAH
DS	St Stephens Green		On Nest
DS	Tymon Limekiln Mid lake	26/05/2018	Hatched	5	CABD	CABF
DS	Tymon North	18/05/2018	On Nest		CAVI
DS	Tymon Spa Well	30/05/2018	Hatched	6	CABI	CAVC
DS	UCD	16/05/2018	Hatched		-	-
KE	Ardclough	19/05/2018	Hatched	6	-	CALF
KE	Carton House		On Nest
KE	Naas Harbour	20/05/2018	FAILED		CACN	?
KE	Naas Millennium Bus. Park		On Nest
KE	Naas Ponds – Middle lake	20/05/2018	Hatched	4	CBPD	CBXT
KE	Naas Ponds Fair Green		Hatched	8	CABV	CALX
KE	Maynooth Harbour	25/05/2018	Hatched	8
KE	Newbridge Golf Club		FAILED	0	CAPL
KE	Newbridge Lake side	15/05/2018	Hatched	8	CADP	CABZ
KE	National Stud	20/05/2018	On Nest		CAIK	CAIJ
WW	Druids Glen	29/05/2018	On Nest
WW	Kilcoole/Leamore Strand	29/05/2018	Hatched	5	?	-
WW	Kilcoole Breaches	29/05/2018	Hatched	2
WW	Kilcoole Breaches	29/05/2018	Hatched
WW	ECNR	24/05/2018	Hatched	7
WW	Blessington/Kilbride	26/05/2018	On Nest

30/05/2018
Last nest checked tonight was the one beside the Aviva Stadium.  5 Cygnets are all hatched.  Female still on nest with young under wings for protection.  The male was ringed as a Juvenile (5) at Naas Ponds in 2015.

30/05/2018
Nest Tymon Park Spawell has hatched.  Apparently it was earlier in the week. 6 cygnets

Sean Walsh Park, Stadium Lake today

28/05/2018
Sean Walsh Park Stadium nest hatched over the weekend.  5 Cygnets today.

28/05/2018.  Bushy Park last week was unusual.  There were 5 cygnets on the lake with the Cob.  The female was still on the nest.  Just received report from Mary F that there are 9 cygnets on the lake.  First clutch of 9 this year.

27/05/2018 Ballymount Park - Hatched 6 Cygnets.  Apparently they were hatched on 23/05/2018, some one showed me a photo!

26/05/2018 - Tymon Park Limekiln is hatched.  5 Cygnets present.

26/05/2018 - Received news last night that the Peoples Garden nest in the Phoenix Park has hatched - thank you Julia for the news of 7 Cygnets
The nest in Poppintree will still be classed as failed, but the eggs did hatch.  Not sure what happened to them but here is the Newspaper Cutting - Thanks Vincent

25/05/2018 - Corkagh Park - Hatched

25/05/2018 - Maynooth Harbour - 8 Cygnets - Not even on the nest list!

Having investigated the Naas Canal Basin further, the status has changed from Success to failure.  The pair beside the nest with 1 cygnet is not the pair from the nest.  The pair which nested there have no cygnets

The following is the list of the Mute Swan Nests this year that are being observed.
DN - Dublin North, DS = Dublin South and KE = Kildare

There the Swans are colour ringed, the codes are in Yellow.  The date is the last record in my diary.
Currently the BTO nest recording site is temporarily closed, I will update over the coming days when I have cross referenced a few dates and Tags.

	Location	Date	Status	Cygnets	A	B
DN	Fr Collins Park	07/05/2018	Hatched	6	CAJC	CAJH
DN	Peoples Garden	26/05/2018	Hatched	7	-	-
DN	Poppintree Park	20/05/2018	FAILED	Gone?	CALV	CBAK
DN	Shandon Gardens	14/05/2018	Hatched	2	CASC	CASB
DN	Tolka Valley Park		FAILED		CAJV
DN	Turvey		On Nest		CAFV
DN	Santry		FAILED		CAJS
DN	Blessington Basin	26/05/2018	On Nest
DS	Aviva Stadium		On Nest		CAPC
DS	Ballycragh Park Firhouse	14/05/2018	Hatched	6	CACJ	CACI
DS	Ballymount Park	27/05/2018	Hatched	6	CABK	CBIB
DS	Bushy Park	20/05/2018	Hatched	5	CBAH
DS	Corkagh Park	25/05/2018	Hatched	5	CBIK
DS	Grand Canal Dock	19/05/2018	FAILED			ZY4379
DS	Grand Canal, Blackhorse	22/04/2018	FAILED		CAVB	CAZL
DS	Grange Castle Bus Park	19/05/2018	On Nest		CAKC	CBIH
DS	Hurbert Park		On Nest
DS	Parkwest		Hatched	7	-	-
DS	Sean Walsh Park Lake 3	08/05/2018	Hatched	5	CBSB	CBLK
DS	Sean Walsh Park Stadium	18/05/2018	On Nest		CAXF	CAAH
DS	St Stephens Green		On Nest
DS	Tymon Limekiln Mid lake	26/05/2018	Hatched	5	CABD	CABF
DS	Tymon North	18/05/2018	On Nest		CAVI
DS	UCD		Hatched		-	-
KE	Ardclough	19/05/2018	Hatched	6	-	CALF
KE	Carton House		On Nest
KE	Naas Harbour		FAILED		CACN	?
KE	Naas Millennium Bus. Park		On Nest
KE	Naas Ponds – Middle lake	20/05/2018	On Nest		CBPD	CBXT
KE	Naas Ponds Fair Green		Hatched	8	CABV	CALX
KE	Newbridge Golf Club		FAILED		CAPL
KE	Newbridge Lake side	15/05/2018	Hatched	8	CADP	CABZ