tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19629333179972291412024-03-15T18:10:02.208-07:00Tallaght Gulls + RingsGraham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-15494627196611045382023-06-01T16:14:00.002-07:002023-06-17T15:39:11.274-07:0017 June 2023<p> </p><p>17/06/2023</p><p><b>Season now in full swing and really busy. This is not my job but my hobby so mainly at weekends</b></p><p>Great Black-backed Gull chicks to be ringed</p><p>Herring Gull Chicks to be ringed</p><p>Lesser Black-backed Gull chicks to be ringed.</p><p>And one of my favorite birds. The European Shag. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIXy6T2cPliJvd2UcG4TE11cKEz3hJX_e11cJKdnz08ZALcAWkfvA8vSL66-ZW7Ve3U7BAG_YSx1JP6W_v3LtLgVWiQn3Vku4vyI8YZussJmEsTIn_DmP8rTFVOIVcpD12Zi4uOJPkmtvZijPPX-H7RTVgmwmDTRC5tiV1aflKopUiHEq8y5rr6rT/s3264/Shag%20Fest.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="3263" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIXy6T2cPliJvd2UcG4TE11cKEz3hJX_e11cJKdnz08ZALcAWkfvA8vSL66-ZW7Ve3U7BAG_YSx1JP6W_v3LtLgVWiQn3Vku4vyI8YZussJmEsTIn_DmP8rTFVOIVcpD12Zi4uOJPkmtvZijPPX-H7RTVgmwmDTRC5tiV1aflKopUiHEq8y5rr6rT/w640-h640/Shag%20Fest.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">European Shag - Baby Dinosaurs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQNvp8EVVvtQaM8KTH7C2FA8bFejV6DAL8oTRX-OW4edWZWdYWfq0HqwI2j2F08OsvpfOz8pxEWeUUbPhHaYG6pzmajtr80UFim9YdCaC58e9b5qZHPOuoWHalr6gBUBVaQ0bO-Dyx5msM9ZbL59szNiamKbiaun2DK-HxpTH83J1kI0poRAwj-rK/s3005/Shag%20Party.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3005" data-original-width="3005" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQNvp8EVVvtQaM8KTH7C2FA8bFejV6DAL8oTRX-OW4edWZWdYWfq0HqwI2j2F08OsvpfOz8pxEWeUUbPhHaYG6pzmajtr80UFim9YdCaC58e9b5qZHPOuoWHalr6gBUBVaQ0bO-Dyx5msM9ZbL59szNiamKbiaun2DK-HxpTH83J1kI0poRAwj-rK/w640-h640/Shag%20Party.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">European Shag - Showing off new ring.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>1st June 2023</p><p>Swan hatching has reached its peak. Already in the survey area which is Dublin, North Wicklow and East Kildare there have been over 100 cygnets hatched. I have more emails to go through (Can't keep up with replies, but I will catch up).</p><p><br /></p><p>23 Nests hatched, but probably more.</p><p>Kildare</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0RtZya6ud1gusWIU95TkSepk9jxdvFBoHrsTHx0sgx-oG1U85RtEHDlGlmSyIGcICNNbs561CBty69kckod3-mL4PHz5LQDgLx-i2b_G9vlFZB_qSX9V-e8ml9SxDSjo-zrVfMbsLJ9o6z19IYLrZhlVjeQzGT3hM_xS2ojvLLkFw34tHOy5YoP6m" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="814" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0RtZya6ud1gusWIU95TkSepk9jxdvFBoHrsTHx0sgx-oG1U85RtEHDlGlmSyIGcICNNbs561CBty69kckod3-mL4PHz5LQDgLx-i2b_G9vlFZB_qSX9V-e8ml9SxDSjo-zrVfMbsLJ9o6z19IYLrZhlVjeQzGT3hM_xS2ojvLLkFw34tHOy5YoP6m=w640-h226" width="640" /></a></div><br />Dublin Southside<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqTzk0jwcMorJd0ot_UQyNQTCcmyb0PbL36NWM00VtCqTM_QItOz97B3fC0SOV1BdlDZra0Ug5HUeSEBaj6dNM1KKl8_qWVNX13JY5bznjSUXaJHuR7UWuMQPWb7-u7wYPizlFZdhK2yNzrJ68qry-RmlDiqT-EGD1BFEX3DbJO9UHb6ekawrdVn3N" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="818" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqTzk0jwcMorJd0ot_UQyNQTCcmyb0PbL36NWM00VtCqTM_QItOz97B3fC0SOV1BdlDZra0Ug5HUeSEBaj6dNM1KKl8_qWVNX13JY5bznjSUXaJHuR7UWuMQPWb7-u7wYPizlFZdhK2yNzrJ68qry-RmlDiqT-EGD1BFEX3DbJO9UHb6ekawrdVn3N=w640-h474" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Dublin Northside</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgojcjlaWGlwlZgQMM_-Rt51deePfuKmVLAqzeZFZ0Ka0OahFG-IE4YMKRK2-BwIe4cghNCdKBu3bb-nohBQdJc4fVh07uJu0CsEdUPMXyhpP3ZJ-CO1cHVohpBVZk6aTKDTGMNxlqFKjdSiHJ932Yf8RdatpiVXqvRP8oPyXnSjI1GW1TiW_E7vKo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="821" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgojcjlaWGlwlZgQMM_-Rt51deePfuKmVLAqzeZFZ0Ka0OahFG-IE4YMKRK2-BwIe4cghNCdKBu3bb-nohBQdJc4fVh07uJu0CsEdUPMXyhpP3ZJ-CO1cHVohpBVZk6aTKDTGMNxlqFKjdSiHJ932Yf8RdatpiVXqvRP8oPyXnSjI1GW1TiW_E7vKo=w640-h470" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-14312451815848656592023-05-24T15:35:00.001-07:002023-05-24T15:37:23.575-07:00May 2023<p> 24 May 2023</p><p><br /></p><p>What a busy month. With Swans there are both hatchings and thankfully 100's of sightings of my project colour ringed individuals. All to be added to database and entered into the BTO for my Adult Survival project. I am way behind with all the correspondence but I do some catch each evening. Apologies if you are left waiting for a report, I will get to them. Likewise with hatchings, I have only 10 nests on my spread sheet that have hatched, so at least 6 more to verify and enter.</p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisftX6--KwSJdbbiT7AFHBQ2cvrZsCRl3RGEp7RnOyrEeNFtHWSG7huNnsK5iZcyzXlohhXnTU5qFvByCO_qPiF5Jvxj13gbAY8JsUFO7qxJYk_dmaoYNarG_L_r1X4TX-v-NdievYAUcuQmInsPsRHgKWRnTzwB8yfMjlG5HWQXYzQ9PfyldK9mCQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1371" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEisftX6--KwSJdbbiT7AFHBQ2cvrZsCRl3RGEp7RnOyrEeNFtHWSG7huNnsK5iZcyzXlohhXnTU5qFvByCO_qPiF5Jvxj13gbAY8JsUFO7qxJYk_dmaoYNarG_L_r1X4TX-v-NdievYAUcuQmInsPsRHgKWRnTzwB8yfMjlG5HWQXYzQ9PfyldK9mCQ=w640-h326" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tymon Park - Spawell or Wellington Road Pond</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiO6MZr_8u85LzkIk2vsQikLGh3FP5h4rTHg9a7Lgt8WC1jOsdYQcbXgAEn3fu0FijCu4EOCshDvHgQkdKXmHcIgZvwrl8AUftn_mKiymUeo8ambMt_VcCRY67ZhDEcnEF7FWkpwvuuINDMTFZymTbgX5v7f67I6f_VUIXCg0yy_f3vZ5_Quzc6tTJ1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="1195" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiO6MZr_8u85LzkIk2vsQikLGh3FP5h4rTHg9a7Lgt8WC1jOsdYQcbXgAEn3fu0FijCu4EOCshDvHgQkdKXmHcIgZvwrl8AUftn_mKiymUeo8ambMt_VcCRY67ZhDEcnEF7FWkpwvuuINDMTFZymTbgX5v7f67I6f_VUIXCg0yy_f3vZ5_Quzc6tTJ1=w640-h168" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Herring Gull survival project is also in full swing. We have had many hours of ringing and ring reading. Unfortunately, it looks like we will not get to Lambay this year, but 94 Herring Gulls recorded so far in Dublin The aim was to get to about 200 individuals, more if possible.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIA7kODcGLG-cqeLh8qi8pYeh5fCHAlTwuUa3Ja1A5C5_i8CevvAh5FXDAX5tZvjls--6TpGrbiOym9MXj0LfKDse_Fv9FcMvtDtkVmGakwvab9gXzSmKnTvPiHYR71ue0GLs1cu0sSDRtEgeLzo7AgVNozKx89eVi6IpH3pz5hqgM9WEmDR7ea9qQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="703" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIA7kODcGLG-cqeLh8qi8pYeh5fCHAlTwuUa3Ja1A5C5_i8CevvAh5FXDAX5tZvjls--6TpGrbiOym9MXj0LfKDse_Fv9FcMvtDtkVmGakwvab9gXzSmKnTvPiHYR71ue0GLs1cu0sSDRtEgeLzo7AgVNozKx89eVi6IpH3pz5hqgM9WEmDR7ea9qQ=w640-h600" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXh_7bwT_XwII8GFg5eG7-T5ITJN5i07h-4x38FxkAmKTTKVUMJyVE1O58TvHtnwVAnx3kCcdy7AabTzYmLLSTa2UmWALb70AhMzz5SCIgLAejJLyI9MevnVqOv26ZP-BWIMUEBlBKX9r9lmG0fsUFXRFWTnh12wqwHKjpEp5cyv0PBpFQ0ZS8G21H" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="701" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXh_7bwT_XwII8GFg5eG7-T5ITJN5i07h-4x38FxkAmKTTKVUMJyVE1O58TvHtnwVAnx3kCcdy7AabTzYmLLSTa2UmWALb70AhMzz5SCIgLAejJLyI9MevnVqOv26ZP-BWIMUEBlBKX9r9lmG0fsUFXRFWTnh12wqwHKjpEp5cyv0PBpFQ0ZS8G21H=w640-h598" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrAoL4D5pNtRRXVwebS3DKf_Ek5HYg109PGeb7Nr0RclqNGBnh6Z1m25EZT1ZV34d-6nie2DgJ-hNoZfLzEpouMD7_KrX8g5Syh28b5kqIDJ47m6psJXfq04NsrPkl056a9z9fjlF4eGqhFQBBzxzO5b5MBGO7OVUVD9MmFN4EPdrzW-bOSpHYr7Iq" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="696" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrAoL4D5pNtRRXVwebS3DKf_Ek5HYg109PGeb7Nr0RclqNGBnh6Z1m25EZT1ZV34d-6nie2DgJ-hNoZfLzEpouMD7_KrX8g5Syh28b5kqIDJ47m6psJXfq04NsrPkl056a9z9fjlF4eGqhFQBBzxzO5b5MBGO7OVUVD9MmFN4EPdrzW-bOSpHYr7Iq=w640-h600" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA9DBlM7vVU19Y-vx_mxctTUaNHACtmcL2uO3HkyjkycHidkbFROYGQv2k3zYXsZe72XLfxEhrz8CJrsiay-pp9dPwjnYKv8wYtmAWYj3igXDZscOAxO18FloYoSEfzTtqv9iVbAVSBRa9PUSaDB6JW18qMsfwfMJRbJI9fKESTrUcRWAGllKgHcxI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="694" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA9DBlM7vVU19Y-vx_mxctTUaNHACtmcL2uO3HkyjkycHidkbFROYGQv2k3zYXsZe72XLfxEhrz8CJrsiay-pp9dPwjnYKv8wYtmAWYj3igXDZscOAxO18FloYoSEfzTtqv9iVbAVSBRa9PUSaDB6JW18qMsfwfMJRbJI9fKESTrUcRWAGllKgHcxI=w640-h292" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br />For Great Black-backed Gulls, this year has been somewhat of a disaster. As an apex predator, it looks like last winter bird flu has has a massive impact. Shenick Island has gone from approx 50 nests last year to about 20 this year. This sort of crash seem to be replicated at each colony I visit.<p></p><p>To date we have only recorded 50 of the target of 100 individuals. They are just not around. As with all species I do have many outstanding sightings to process, but there doesn't seem to be many new sightings on first review</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyJD0LOTvwAM4AHkI5G14-ROoBnfVqvnADEgHmBwp3brm39kcpAhLysnQTfnv5KPzu9dCzIn9x92mkM6Wtu6cYfCUAp9QRgZevASJNP7O8YmJh3jiQclFfg2HqLcMQodIHdLnx9yoQgsibb_lsoi_7HyGiV5jApuGm5zUd2skYFFJ4JroxaNSegDYH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1171" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyJD0LOTvwAM4AHkI5G14-ROoBnfVqvnADEgHmBwp3brm39kcpAhLysnQTfnv5KPzu9dCzIn9x92mkM6Wtu6cYfCUAp9QRgZevASJNP7O8YmJh3jiQclFfg2HqLcMQodIHdLnx9yoQgsibb_lsoi_7HyGiV5jApuGm5zUd2skYFFJ4JroxaNSegDYH=w640-h468" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjShwfDR_4votke8vlVIjD6FXOlcd1L0TN0bE4YIgH7JbQ0nbN-ZC7KFsrRonBOA2rSCGDlIAa7KpzJQHmgqEI0wIrVSzc65K6CFejKZ-ky9SYYZj8Q5OlPwqSQtIDHxXMK6lAN7l8GCt8-RzZEKDBDaAbh8vo15l8MHeKNgnKxk6NrISw0zZ3jy5nO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="877" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjShwfDR_4votke8vlVIjD6FXOlcd1L0TN0bE4YIgH7JbQ0nbN-ZC7KFsrRonBOA2rSCGDlIAa7KpzJQHmgqEI0wIrVSzc65K6CFejKZ-ky9SYYZj8Q5OlPwqSQtIDHxXMK6lAN7l8GCt8-RzZEKDBDaAbh8vo15l8MHeKNgnKxk6NrISw0zZ3jy5nO=w640-h482" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpQuHGXWkbjDyOssHyZanNjG4lOKfedqwc63A3WpAMLPnhviyFiuRiArULgCVuV2tP7d6G97G_68cYyLR7pQsc5B1Xmj4KCwlQo9DLiAIet2YIhq00uvKfEjf3-KZSWHZB2qS-WZ-7TFMDny8h__3vYTJSlSqVMHG2oAArJqeIa91Rxjo_FepwYzzg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="876" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpQuHGXWkbjDyOssHyZanNjG4lOKfedqwc63A3WpAMLPnhviyFiuRiArULgCVuV2tP7d6G97G_68cYyLR7pQsc5B1Xmj4KCwlQo9DLiAIet2YIhq00uvKfEjf3-KZSWHZB2qS-WZ-7TFMDny8h__3vYTJSlSqVMHG2oAArJqeIa91Rxjo_FepwYzzg=w640-h478" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpHY7KCpFpDTUYrodamULDSmFQhRw4EdiVzVU9lQfnRSLNxHBlEtuavNYWyterkveYK5m-iyxwvZvzXqo2xJsRSd9LDbNMJ9_swXDvB2b270K6OqsOvWNZwq8KfM5pVL27SaSVOXMvDbruPQpKa_yU4fS0uo5P12dQqjBGGyIibvbOGLOIOQ99xwxZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="871" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjpHY7KCpFpDTUYrodamULDSmFQhRw4EdiVzVU9lQfnRSLNxHBlEtuavNYWyterkveYK5m-iyxwvZvzXqo2xJsRSd9LDbNMJ9_swXDvB2b270K6OqsOvWNZwq8KfM5pVL27SaSVOXMvDbruPQpKa_yU4fS0uo5P12dQqjBGGyIibvbOGLOIOQ99xwxZ=w640-h184" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-31777746355523401472023-04-02T05:01:00.002-07:002023-04-24T15:03:57.130-07:00April 2023<p>April 24th 2024</p><p>First cygnets hatched in Dublin. Sean Walsh Park, Stadium Pond. Only 2 visible according to my observer but more to follow, still in the nest.</p><p><br /></p><p>April 2nd, 2023</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my really bust time of year. The <b>Great Black-backed RAS </b>and <b>Herring Gull RAS</b> kicked off on March 10th. It has been shaping up for a disastrous season with numbers low and ring reads extremely low. However, April 1st was a better day with 13 GB Rings read. Hopefully, they are just late returning to Dublin this year and that Avian Flu hasn't decimated the population.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllGt_29wTED0G2m0NxrD0ZVrqnh86f8Aeo8TeD_XwVPj2QUD-B0rBIdUN5EsycUmwFKshmCUoS7N0_XIaTdwZErxxMc1aeCDdo7Bq9u5nkiFX0I_2J5_NXKpkZbDCRvrSlhbJ89gTUJUJPnFGNemIFcXaB_j9ktHpkOPZKOJQS314LzclbEHqQeTz/s2985/1PH.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1990" data-original-width="2985" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllGt_29wTED0G2m0NxrD0ZVrqnh86f8Aeo8TeD_XwVPj2QUD-B0rBIdUN5EsycUmwFKshmCUoS7N0_XIaTdwZErxxMc1aeCDdo7Bq9u5nkiFX0I_2J5_NXKpkZbDCRvrSlhbJ89gTUJUJPnFGNemIFcXaB_j9ktHpkOPZKOJQS314LzclbEHqQeTz/w640-h426/1PH.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>1PH, first sighting since March 2022. This is quite typical. They winter usually somewhere within 500KM some even winter in Spain. </p><p><br /></p><p>MUTE SWAN SURVIVAL RAS</p><p>First one this year was a surprise. At the Avocet Twitch in Broadmeadows, CDID photobombed a group photo at the twitch! Photo from twitter @JohnC1809. Really made me laugh. 399 more to find - minimum.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwN8f0o7bqrLahXyPSOYQXOaPtx6h6Si00N4W6BsLssrAf2E6FnU6iRr3gq7lHtiKAb5OmYg-ELKamgLMygRiTRE5IcyUFRdJv3Q8fpxiE_rDfZ2S74s4d_aP8otSgGASzfXpIlIFcOEFEYR1YqN7UTploNBbBURB22grQ7M8BRqHV6tyCk9NznOcF/s629/CDID.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="629" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwN8f0o7bqrLahXyPSOYQXOaPtx6h6Si00N4W6BsLssrAf2E6FnU6iRr3gq7lHtiKAb5OmYg-ELKamgLMygRiTRE5IcyUFRdJv3Q8fpxiE_rDfZ2S74s4d_aP8otSgGASzfXpIlIFcOEFEYR1YqN7UTploNBbBURB22grQ7M8BRqHV6tyCk9NznOcF/w640-h458/CDID.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-38634909104674000532023-02-12T06:08:00.003-08:002023-02-12T06:08:23.903-08:00Migration Starting?<h2 style="text-align: left;">February 2023</h2><p>I have started colour ringing Black-headed Gulls in my local parks. On Saturday 11/02/2023 I recorded one at Bull Island. What is unusual is that the Southside ones usually roost on Sandymount Strand. Daily travel is East-west. No record of going north south or south north before. Movement usually starts late Feb. Is this one on the move to its breeding ground already?</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFZmUqeiG-wsfPwTRwuGBFMkmasRy4kBLd8lLm7iRKBymf0GXhxTnF8KaADb2cdjiPh1PuyQeHQPTGZHSvb8skBVOSSI6E-VbK5AjC8n4cmAXggBjk8HLYBS8viQ0apRRS9B-s5DqpgKAzPgEAxEaQYN_qpy2PE8eYNTskdiWnRsOfN53oVMMUeck/s1363/DSCN3550%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="1363" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFZmUqeiG-wsfPwTRwuGBFMkmasRy4kBLd8lLm7iRKBymf0GXhxTnF8KaADb2cdjiPh1PuyQeHQPTGZHSvb8skBVOSSI6E-VbK5AjC8n4cmAXggBjk8HLYBS8viQ0apRRS9B-s5DqpgKAzPgEAxEaQYN_qpy2PE8eYNTskdiWnRsOfN53oVMMUeck/w640-h640/DSCN3550%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxoF2FWzaS7UsuO3Gv0KJIzV6OzhR8ikCN_9oyaeX4zPWXyA25ipKc7yrKCP1j53HtiGiBduCA6NK-e_Z-FPmd0GIUoM07tZTO3W_jwx_ndPHZ1QbRNsfN9jlCqvpzoywWmMIzVzRX3GBuOhGGAukRaIOiAH1uvMUf5xkdIlwChRT_S44cAsfLwXB/s554/Capture%202ACV.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="552" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxoF2FWzaS7UsuO3Gv0KJIzV6OzhR8ikCN_9oyaeX4zPWXyA25ipKc7yrKCP1j53HtiGiBduCA6NK-e_Z-FPmd0GIUoM07tZTO3W_jwx_ndPHZ1QbRNsfN9jlCqvpzoywWmMIzVzRX3GBuOhGGAukRaIOiAH1uvMUf5xkdIlwChRT_S44cAsfLwXB/w638-h640/Capture%202ACV.JPG" width="638" /></a></div><br /><p>The movement distance is not significant. I have ones from my Local Park from St Petersburg and Ukraine and everywhere in between. The significance or oddness is the direction. 1,000's of Black-headed Gull ring reads and this is a first.</p>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-16207526177545426512022-04-25T12:32:00.026-07:002022-06-25T05:25:51.559-07:00<h4 style="text-align: left;">08/06/2022</h4><p>I do many bird ringing projects, but time involved in these projects which is not my job, means I haven't been maintaining my blog. At this time of year my following projects are most active. I am still active on Twitter - @Graham Prole</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Great Black-backed Gull - Adult survival RAS</h4><p>50 Adults identified by colour rings, so far, in my survey area. Many of my project GB are also being reported but outside my RAS boundaries. These are used for my own statistics on survival. 27/05/2022</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Mute Swans of Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow Adult survival RAS</h4><p>159 Individual Adults re-sighted. Identified by Rings 27/05/2022. Where are all my Swans? I should be at well over 200 by this stage. Last year I re-sighted 258. Almost 100 missing.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">House Sparrows - Adult Survival RAS</h4><p>Urban, Island and Rehab Herring Gull Project</p><p>Mute Swan Nesting survey. The focus of this page. The number of nests fluctuates each year as does cygnet numbers and survival to 12 weeks. Monitoring this is part of the adult survival data. Understanding age profile v success rate and other factors is really important in monitoring this species.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">DAILY CYGNET NEWS</h3><h4 style="text-align: left;">23/06/2022</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">Broadmeadows, Swords</h4><div>CCJT & CBKZ (Missing Colour ring) have 2 cygnets _ Thanks Tom</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Broadmeadows, Swords</h4><div><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">CALP & CCVP with 4 cygnet - again thank you Tom</span></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;">08/06/2022</h3></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Russborough House Lake, Blessington, Co Wicklow</h4><div>Six cygnets reported today! Great news, thank you Mary.</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Tandys Bridge, Naas, Co Kildare.</h4><div>Nest is hatched but no sign of the family. The un ringed pair and five cygnets spotted at Lock N3 further down Grand Canal. Thanks Deaglan</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Grangecastle Business Park. </h4><div>Hatching yesterday. 2 Cygnets hatched but she is still on Eggs</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">02/06/2022<br />Knock Lake, North County Dublin.</h4><div>2 Cygnets. Rings on adults still not read. Thank you Phil</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">31/05/2022</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">Waterville Park, D15</h4><div>Still on Nest</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Blanchardtown IT, Corduff - D15</h4><div>Confirmed they have lost all their cygnets. :( </div><h4 style="text-align: left;">29/05/2022</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">Waterstone Park, Liffey</h4><div style="text-align: left;">CAPJ (M) and female with at least 1 on her back. Count is 1, unless further updated. Thank you Jan</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">28/08/2022</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">Castleknock Golf Club</h4><div>CBKK + CBKL with 2 cygnets</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">27/05/2022</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">Ballymount Park</h4><div style="text-align: left;">Hatched, CBIB with 3 cygnets</div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Rathcoole Park</span></h3><div style="text-align: left;">Still turning her eggs. Couldn't see the male today.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Grangecastle Business Park</h4><div style="text-align: left;">Still on eggs</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Corkagh Park, Fishing Lake</h4><div style="text-align: left;">Interesting: Nest empty. Male patrolling. Pen and Cygnets may have been on the Island out of view.</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">24/05/2022</h4><div style="text-align: left;">Island Bridge have hatched - Four Cygnets in the rowing clubs pictures</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Phoenix Park, Peoples garden. 5 Cygnets - Thank you Niall</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">22/05/2022</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">Lakeside Newbridge</h4><div>2 Cygnets - final count. (CATL) Thanks Deaglan</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Naas Ponds</h4><div><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">CBPD & CBXT 7 Cygnets </span>Thanks again Deaglan</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Citywest Business Campus.</h4><div>Of the 7 hatched last week, there are 5 remaining. CCSS has taken them down to the lower pond. Cob CCAJ has remained at the lake they nested on at Lake Drive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmCb4zjlKFWkd1E7s5OfKa__ls-5F9NlPup2Q9EUODq8cEf5WNpRCHZUqLtMJ-iRM0QLgAHxU6B7931o7Q2264iiEv_pQo9LxyYbxv2Yz-nURtMRoqh7hcsbIO77w0IBKFGyl1ljVZLty-rwN0E29IVWYGaDzp1B1Fp6gF4eViFeDfw7nROAY56Fq/s3299/CCSS.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2474" data-original-width="3299" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmCb4zjlKFWkd1E7s5OfKa__ls-5F9NlPup2Q9EUODq8cEf5WNpRCHZUqLtMJ-iRM0QLgAHxU6B7931o7Q2264iiEv_pQo9LxyYbxv2Yz-nURtMRoqh7hcsbIO77w0IBKFGyl1ljVZLty-rwN0E29IVWYGaDzp1B1Fp6gF4eViFeDfw7nROAY56Fq/w612-h460/CCSS.JPG" width="612" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Waterville Park, Blanchardstown</h4><div>CCLZ is still on eggs. </div><h4 style="text-align: left;">18/05/2022</h4><div>Poppintree Park, Naas Harbour, Naas Ponds Hospital, Tandys Bridge are all still on eggs. Very unusual for the Kildare nests not to be first to hatch.</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">17/05/2022 Ballycragh Firhouse</h4><div style="text-align: left;">4 Cygnets yesterday but only 2 left today. :( </div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />17/05/2022 Turvey Ponds, Rogerstown</h4><div>4 Cygnets recorded today. Thanks Jan</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">15/05/2021 Tymon Park Spawell (Wellington Road}</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">CCFF & CCFH have 5 cygnets</span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4ITu95CuIDmwOpgSpFYM_hxidKfwnOrcY2zpnVj0AdOtSdIoJGeo7-RWmmxz7_XsZ9WM2H_syj4a8RzkUWfveIzQcLmzdbuJHYDfylARGHCd5ICHR1tlbSWAo7eMbsmkqBmkzajHjOiAYpowj3APl8FY1rSWvSt7cU9EwCcGsM6R0a3mci808KgU/s2958/DSCN1470%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2958" data-original-width="2958" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4ITu95CuIDmwOpgSpFYM_hxidKfwnOrcY2zpnVj0AdOtSdIoJGeo7-RWmmxz7_XsZ9WM2H_syj4a8RzkUWfveIzQcLmzdbuJHYDfylARGHCd5ICHR1tlbSWAo7eMbsmkqBmkzajHjOiAYpowj3APl8FY1rSWvSt7cU9EwCcGsM6R0a3mci808KgU/w533-h533/DSCN1470%20(2).JPG" width="533" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">12/05/2022 Tymon Park, Limekiln Top Lake</h4><div style="text-align: left;">CABF & CABD have 7 cygnets today. (Known as Diarmuid & Grainne) Thanks Brian</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">11/05/2022 Tolka Valley Park</h4><div style="text-align: left;">CCPN with 6 cygnets. Thank you Caoimhe</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">08/05/2022 Fr Collins Park, Donaghmede, </h4><div style="text-align: left;">4 Cygnets and 1egg remaining. Thank you Tom</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">07/05/2022 Sean Walsh Park - Big Lake</h4><div>Now only 4 Cygnets </div><h4 style="text-align: left;">07/05/2022 Park West, Liffey Filters.</h4><div>Two cygnets hatched apparently yesterday. 2 unhatched eggs left. </div><h4 style="text-align: left;">07/05/2022 Blanchardstown IT, Corduff, Blanchardstown, D15</h4><div style="text-align: left;">One hatched last night and was off with Cob and all fluffy. 3 Hatched between 10 & 11am. One egg still to go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFKJv7BY978CYq_kE5mYqPoh-mImbIdO6eVvuklu2bogrDb1teI5vWVSYdiXRAoROVWEMvC8m2Nv7f75JeqwCqBdqEzvDXcJqJgtLvKbBtLR3Ln2paO3e3XBSoE3U9_ql-HlOX_HC1hKheATKmE2GWCx6O5X118tcplXBJw4wN8br51wU3nVtXr-Q/s2802/DSCN1273%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2802" data-original-width="2802" height="505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNFKJv7BY978CYq_kE5mYqPoh-mImbIdO6eVvuklu2bogrDb1teI5vWVSYdiXRAoROVWEMvC8m2Nv7f75JeqwCqBdqEzvDXcJqJgtLvKbBtLR3Ln2paO3e3XBSoE3U9_ql-HlOX_HC1hKheATKmE2GWCx6O5X118tcplXBJw4wN8br51wU3nVtXr-Q/w505-h505/DSCN1273%20(2).JPG" width="505" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">07/05/2022 Waterville Park, Blanchardstown.</h4><div style="text-align: left;">Still no sign of hatching. They failed to hatch any last year, so keeping fingers crossed.</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">06/05/2022 Lakeside, Newbridge, Co Kildare</h4><div>2 Cygnets but female still on eggs. CATL. Might be 2 nests. Thanks Deaglan.</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">04/05/2022 Tymon Park, Dublin 24</h4><div>I got a message to say 7 cygnets in Tymon Park. Tymon Park, Limekiln big lake. CACJ & CACI (Known as Bonnie and Clyde)</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">03/05/2022 Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin 6</h4><div>5 Cygnets - Thanks Gregory</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">29/04/2022 Sean Walsh Park Big lake.</h4><div>CBLK pen with 5 Cygnets. DHE -Thank you</div><h4 style="text-align: left;">25/04/2022 - UCD Reilly Lake</h4><p>Un-ringed pair - 3 Cygnets </p><p>06/05/2022 Still 3 cygnets</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">24/04/2022 - Sean Walsh Park, Dublin 24, Stadium Lake</h4><p>Cob Yellow CCHJ & Pen CBKS - 7 Cygnets</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifW5PFeywgG-EStehh2TW7D1LmICkYnTM69fvXEaNPCBrkB8eepNCtmJ3vVlKILFTVbXykChUMgzLg_XX3OZHBMjqxBW4UlsBsxaGmBSgWrLVCogENULnTP9fOH0xapFTwQeUiv1W9fG4ESLWaBqsq-SjosL4VjZtyXIQzPhKPFurFGG8MHvwaZeSe/s1924/a%20Escape.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1924" data-original-width="1924" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifW5PFeywgG-EStehh2TW7D1LmICkYnTM69fvXEaNPCBrkB8eepNCtmJ3vVlKILFTVbXykChUMgzLg_XX3OZHBMjqxBW4UlsBsxaGmBSgWrLVCogENULnTP9fOH0xapFTwQeUiv1W9fG4ESLWaBqsq-SjosL4VjZtyXIQzPhKPFurFGG8MHvwaZeSe/w469-h469/a%20Escape.JPG" width="469" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeTAKcnf9Zeq84x_QsU8cRdYwt669PcZDy_NUrf0Mo0IXIvqvIWes4fvKCULBqCJthMOLd6rQ5Ts0Crtsb1w6rolfrO8VW9zL2K_bFyUEUu4chUMmau8NKy5fEpB3UVKJQIxXzQiWSTT-w0Ly3Ut8LM9s8ne6CIxSfFInXwsd1uCM2Rg-uJMoPFfq/s1913/a%20Seven.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1912" data-original-width="1913" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeTAKcnf9Zeq84x_QsU8cRdYwt669PcZDy_NUrf0Mo0IXIvqvIWes4fvKCULBqCJthMOLd6rQ5Ts0Crtsb1w6rolfrO8VW9zL2K_bFyUEUu4chUMmau8NKy5fEpB3UVKJQIxXzQiWSTT-w0Ly3Ut8LM9s8ne6CIxSfFInXwsd1uCM2Rg-uJMoPFfq/w486-h486/a%20Seven.JPG" width="486" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-36281730809520486342021-05-31T11:18:00.001-07:002021-06-06T14:03:41.116-07:002021 Mute Swan nests in my study area.<p>DUBLIN, KILDARE & NORTH WICKLOW</p><p>06/06/2021</p><p><br /></p><p>It is gradually coming to the end of the Swan hatching season. Below is yet another update. </p><p>Mute Swan nesting in 2021 seems to be an odd year. Lots of nests but low production. </p><p>Rathcoole Cygnets hatched as did Goldenbridge / Davitt Road among others. However, War Memorial Gardens appear to have hatched and lost all 7 in the first 3 days. Lots of Swans and nests is not always a sign of a healthy Swan population. The age profile is a key factor. Presently we have a lot of young inexperienced swan parents. A more accurate reflection will be the 12 week old Survey. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0W6UpwzLBlMYXU_LWv7AHCPLoWK9bUJ2Tmb6TB5Algjjuvzl06rdyTJNLEdXZMC71DFcFhwJQNrSVN6P6eyEUOpow1iG2QbrdwVyvTwCPnSsmoAWG0NVUFK8RvDHQtSq77NAf4MeBpSM/s2048/Rathcoole+Cygnets.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="583" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0W6UpwzLBlMYXU_LWv7AHCPLoWK9bUJ2Tmb6TB5Algjjuvzl06rdyTJNLEdXZMC71DFcFhwJQNrSVN6P6eyEUOpow1iG2QbrdwVyvTwCPnSsmoAWG0NVUFK8RvDHQtSq77NAf4MeBpSM/w583-h583/Rathcoole+Cygnets.JPG" width="583" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rathcoole Park Cygnets</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Chart updated 06/06/2021. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQkfD9KvdhJwqBu0JTZkkkTJFC1qmZ1qfsTBppbyg8yivPjfChofQPRz3rwiQtxp35PEJUfZdtOoL4ZOeWURJ76q36S3RikKtIYXO25YAFPvqwqxKZUQl0B5qarAwvVbkq40fXK4Sg4Q/s860/20210606+Cygnet.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="627" height="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnQkfD9KvdhJwqBu0JTZkkkTJFC1qmZ1qfsTBppbyg8yivPjfChofQPRz3rwiQtxp35PEJUfZdtOoL4ZOeWURJ76q36S3RikKtIYXO25YAFPvqwqxKZUQl0B5qarAwvVbkq40fXK4Sg4Q/w620-h850/20210606+Cygnet.JPG" width="620" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-53328183612714199432021-03-03T13:34:00.000-08:002021-03-03T13:34:06.701-08:00March 2021<p> March 2nd </p><p>So the movement of Black Headed Gulls has started. I am not allowed to go to the coast to read rings at the roost but I can read them as they stop for a few days rest on their journey.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">JHP9 was actually present on 28/02/2021 but the ring is so badly damaged I couldn't read the last digit</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CTmVyGue3IWwH7Bl-DMvfujkX-5U-etsYTJEz-U4xm63O5hRTIaY458e_Q-n0tgZ0SrfGe1jBcrU8CFF7XoZdoviblR0GXrfopmmV_EHtFY8q2pZb76S1SVOMRNqGxuema78R_7pAD4/s2048/JHP9+Blog.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CTmVyGue3IWwH7Bl-DMvfujkX-5U-etsYTJEz-U4xm63O5hRTIaY458e_Q-n0tgZ0SrfGe1jBcrU8CFF7XoZdoviblR0GXrfopmmV_EHtFY8q2pZb76S1SVOMRNqGxuema78R_7pAD4/w640-h426/JHP9+Blog.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>From Oslo and Winters in Galway. This Black-headed Gull is on migration.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wrwaP7u7dwb9IorjEIsyBC6tK3DATlWG5ZpliBw3WQ0Ak4FAZYSNns7r8ad6w-U7vo7JgRaTR1JwkwHTlAMEwRrwvPwZkD4Z9U1W0GZ3oobse0fPnVlUo_SEOJ2ZgIqLRhoC7AIWbrc/s633/JHP9+Migration.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="633" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5wrwaP7u7dwb9IorjEIsyBC6tK3DATlWG5ZpliBw3WQ0Ak4FAZYSNns7r8ad6w-U7vo7JgRaTR1JwkwHTlAMEwRrwvPwZkD4Z9U1W0GZ3oobse0fPnVlUo_SEOJ2ZgIqLRhoC7AIWbrc/w640-h584/JHP9+Migration.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The usual suspects were also present. X2VC who winters at this point on the Grand Canal in Dublin and the other Norwegian Black Headed Gull. JLR4</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1rKnBmQcjpSIX6QZrsrMbR6c9ZS9BHEKlB0eBWUB-abVTX2_L_dnQ-vPyDgh4jFP8WZLhqLY6_euzLyU0-7-A2-qAejcC1-mLAMrJMK8I3T_eVWLBaER-QZVZdf6BkE6Wugf_f6wvvo/s1889/JLR4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1889" data-original-width="1888" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1rKnBmQcjpSIX6QZrsrMbR6c9ZS9BHEKlB0eBWUB-abVTX2_L_dnQ-vPyDgh4jFP8WZLhqLY6_euzLyU0-7-A2-qAejcC1-mLAMrJMK8I3T_eVWLBaER-QZVZdf6BkE6Wugf_f6wvvo/w640-h640/JLR4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIC1q2wEG3_5NzT9ti4nTcNGx3OeDhuYuXatLHgliXDjst2X-AwIC27138bJcf_b78Yrtxgv-vQGNWmW_5ShkU2rMfF_hdiJNdAxmJFCrxMYzb4Y9WM7Jn3-rVQ1WQ6Q6UWLxTHZ17q9E/s1489/X2VC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="1489" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIC1q2wEG3_5NzT9ti4nTcNGx3OeDhuYuXatLHgliXDjst2X-AwIC27138bJcf_b78Yrtxgv-vQGNWmW_5ShkU2rMfF_hdiJNdAxmJFCrxMYzb4Y9WM7Jn3-rVQ1WQ6Q6UWLxTHZ17q9E/w640-h640/X2VC.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-11432394392808312662021-02-28T14:47:00.002-08:002021-02-28T14:47:32.635-08:00February 2021February 28th 2021 <div><br /></div><div>This lock down means I am restricted to 5Km from my home and as a result I only see the same ringed Gulls. However, the big movement of Black-headed Gulls has started and today I recorded White NUT from Denmark. I first recorded it in January 2013 when I started ring reading. I don't know where it winters, but it stops at Sean Walsh Park, Dublin every year since for a week or so before it departs our shores. Interestingly it hasn't been recorded in Denmark since the 2013 breeding season. What is amazing about this Black-headed Gull is that it was ringed in 2005 as an adult of at least 3 years old. That makes it at least 19 years old! Great to see it still going strong. Surprisingly the Darvic ring is still in reasonable condition.
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I have not been posting as through out lock down I just haven't been recording any Black-headed Gulls with |Colour rings. I am checking 1,000 of legs every day on my exercise within my 5KM. However, on the Grand Canal I got my first new ring for quite some time.
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From Cuba in Oslo, Norway and a first sighting away from NorwayGraham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-17459337765752511282020-11-30T14:06:00.003-08:002020-11-30T14:12:14.235-08:00November 2020<b>30/11/2020</b>
An update on the Black-headed Gulls in Dublin. I haven't got to grips with the new blog format! It is not yet user friendly!
<b>25/11/2020</b>
Black-headed Gull X2VC
Ringed as an adult in North Easter Germany in 2019, Sighted last year and this year at the same location on the Grand Canal in Dublin.
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<b>24/11/2020</b>
Black-headed Gull J25X
Recorded in Rathcoole Park. Only other Dublin record was I recorded it in Sean Walsh Park in 2018.
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Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-40013962586118433792020-09-29T04:27:00.004-07:002020-09-29T04:27:41.073-07:00September 2020<h3 style="text-align: left;"> September 28th</h3><p>I had decided to keep this website mainly for Black-Headed Gulls but again due to COVID restrictions I am not going out as much. But unfortunately, coloured ringed Black-headed Gulls are not being sighted by me locally at the moment. I was at Bushy Park, which I went to to investigate new a Swan Family (which turned out to be the Family from Terenure College a mile away) and spotted a Polish Black-Headed Gull I haven't seen for years.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvcjTHlHUJVgA3aNNjeP-xqsTjo7NFTGFPVBVxacNLtSv9O6aWpOtQhpWG_BhWm2HR0-iCVTVoR-y3GhaBpg6wFSaiJh6omJPdnFg0RHFjA65VDbYf7gVdOlykyejgL_4joNYYtCc4Zg/s2048/DSCN4852.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvcjTHlHUJVgA3aNNjeP-xqsTjo7NFTGFPVBVxacNLtSv9O6aWpOtQhpWG_BhWm2HR0-iCVTVoR-y3GhaBpg6wFSaiJh6omJPdnFg0RHFjA65VDbYf7gVdOlykyejgL_4joNYYtCc4Zg/w640-h480/DSCN4852.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Black-headed Gull White [TUUA] was ringed in Poland, as an adult in 2016 and although I haven't seen it since 2017, it was recorded in Dublin in 2018 and 2019. It wasn't interested in the bread being fed to the ducks, so ring photographed underwater.</p><p><br /></p>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-75512341905099034672020-08-26T09:27:00.001-07:002020-08-26T09:27:34.193-07:00August 2020<h3 style="text-align: left;"> 26th August.</h3><p>I haven't been blogging as frequent as I used to. Studying from home means that I am not at all the places I usually ring read. Today I had a one of my delayed final exams and afterwards took a walk to the Great South Wall in Dublin Docks. Two of our Herring Gulls were sighted.</p><p>Despite the fact I have 3,000 entries on the database, I and the observers who kindly ring read for the project continually turn up first sightings. My thanks to Jan, Joe and Brian who are prolific in sending in constant sightings to add to my own observations. My thanks to the overseas and National ring readers who send in sightings from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, all over Ireland, England, France, Spain Portugal and Morocco. Our Dublin Gulls certainly disperse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today at the South Wall in Dublin Port, I read 2 rings. This is a well watched area but continually turns up new gulls.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjS4-j000MOOtJu2iEL7-os1F_msZrZHwgQ5dP4iJ4n4MnNlYWZoOBXyiiFOvsksc_Hf-FKRmEP_4sfDLfnJjHg12DIannf3Eua_ba_6fAqF3G1PHk4Ge6abxsC00c-bEN0olu3NegZws/s2048/B59D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjS4-j000MOOtJu2iEL7-os1F_msZrZHwgQ5dP4iJ4n4MnNlYWZoOBXyiiFOvsksc_Hf-FKRmEP_4sfDLfnJjHg12DIannf3Eua_ba_6fAqF3G1PHk4Ge6abxsC00c-bEN0olu3NegZws/s640/B59D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Herring Gull B59:D. Ringed in 2019 by Tonya. First sighting since ringed</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOljJ9Uf37qngRbvJ-TVJX0b0gZ1uYpU-hWpsj7gfEUZc0NnMaGigd0HEwUGF9YvdwgLF38AI-i3_UgBjvVq_CDGF1aUMQeZIg6e6A4ZBpQ92dLDAY9ZZtgGiQqWqTG5StLAEUWklJqIQ/s2048/215D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOljJ9Uf37qngRbvJ-TVJX0b0gZ1uYpU-hWpsj7gfEUZc0NnMaGigd0HEwUGF9YvdwgLF38AI-i3_UgBjvVq_CDGF1aUMQeZIg6e6A4ZBpQ92dLDAY9ZZtgGiQqWqTG5StLAEUWklJqIQ/w640-h427/215D.jpg" title="Herring Gull 215:D. Urban Herring Gull. Going Grey!" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Urban Herring Gull 215:D. Ringed 2018 and going Grey.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-3564408202696607932020-07-22T07:32:00.001-07:002020-07-22T07:32:55.876-07:00July 2020A quick update on whats happening with my Dublin bird projects. <div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Adult Mute Swans</h3><div>So far 165 adults have been re-sighted. This is well down on normal years when I try and re-sight 200+. (Last year it was 220). However, there is still 2 months of this season left and I usually observe some missing ones in late September. The late start due to lockdown is the main reason for this. </div><div><br /></div><div>This RAS project (Re-trapping Adults for survival) is now, after 7 years, feeding into the survival data of Mute Swans. It is the only Irish projects that is providing this data. Even though the scientific name for the project contains the word "re-trapping", I don't need to re-trap, the rings are just read.</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Mute Swan Nesting Project.</h3><div>Coming to an end for 2020. I have started doing the data entry for all the nests. Still looking for Cygnets numbers from all sites as I close Mute Swan nest records at 12 weeks after hatching - when cygnets can fly. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reports with date and locations are really valuable. Examples from today</div><div><br /></div><div>22/07/2020 Sean Walsh Park - Big lake - still 3 cygnets</div><div>22/07/2020 Naas Ponds CBXT CBPD - still 3 cygnets</div><div>22/07/2020 Naas Ponds CABV - Still 4 cygnets</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Lesser Black-backed Gulls (LBBGU)</h3><div>Surprised to see Scottish LBBGU nesting on Dalkey. Only a 4th year so first year nesting. 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Note plumage is 4th CY<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Great Black-backed Gulls</h3><div>I have a RAS also running on this species and again number of observations of Adults is down on previous years, mainly due to lockdown and Irelands Eye being closed for almost all of the nesting season. Still hoping to have enough adults re-sighted to allow this season count. The Juveniles ringed over the past few years have not helped by being mainly observed outside the project boundries, eg Northern Ireland Arklow, Cornwall, Spain etc.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8n1jJnQvksEiaNm35cw5wid1KkritDbsSrWO-PUyPOKfZfuE0UjngYKh2I4nbo3AtU2ZOkqeGa_d97Ee04MHEus67IJZdjeKPDDsJsHbizXiennaemamcdeSOvMgeXDpvTVhvaFj3Kpw/s2048/1RJ+GP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8n1jJnQvksEiaNm35cw5wid1KkritDbsSrWO-PUyPOKfZfuE0UjngYKh2I4nbo3AtU2ZOkqeGa_d97Ee04MHEus67IJZdjeKPDDsJsHbizXiennaemamcdeSOvMgeXDpvTVhvaFj3Kpw/w625-h469/1RJ+GP.jpg" width="625" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1RJ From Irelands Eye but breeding on Dalkey island in 2020<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV73LfQ4XiqB8Mu7DQG00KkXYJBKyzIgymfJ9j9xkhyphenhyphenHLrya6LxVnNJP_qe4-IcwkXfw1pVaZotosfF-Sq-fmyiY0qJaMmHCZ2E7Be7XGZP6mkBfmZvEsEgD71iZxgQaQRwEYqwzKXMIE/s2048/572D+GP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV73LfQ4XiqB8Mu7DQG00KkXYJBKyzIgymfJ9j9xkhyphenhyphenHLrya6LxVnNJP_qe4-IcwkXfw1pVaZotosfF-Sq-fmyiY0qJaMmHCZ2E7Be7XGZP6mkBfmZvEsEgD71iZxgQaQRwEYqwzKXMIE/w625-h469/572D+GP.jpg" width="625" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">572:D Walking away with its rings.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br />Herring Gulls</h3><div>Projects take many years to set up. We have been actively ringing Herring Gulls since 2017 and hopefully will have enough adults to start an accurate survival project in 2021. So far we have been concentrating on juvenile survival stats between Urban nesters and Island nesters with surprising results.</div><div><br /></div><div>I will update on other projects later. Projects just don't happen. A large number of observers report their observations which feed into the projects, so a big thank you to all those who assist with observations. </div><div><br /></div>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-45481839008275519322020-05-10T15:17:00.002-07:002020-07-11T07:33:41.664-07:0028th May 2020 Adult Swans<h3>
30th of May 2020 - Adult Swans sighted = 136</h3>
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The RAS season is on it's way. This is checking all Swans within the project boundries roughly 40 Km from Dublin and recording each individual which is ringed. This information over years provides the annual survival totals. Many thanks to all the regular ring readers and many thanks to the new ones. I will update analysis periodically to the following over the coming week. The season doesn't end till the end of the summer so hopefully the list will end up as 250+ Swans. The more individuals the better the survival statistics in terms of margin of error. New swans are being sighted most days<br />
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The following have been sighted and input so far since April 1st 2020 (22/05/2020).<br />
(Table 1) All first ringed before my project started. Some have had a colour ring added, 2 of them haven't. If the metal ring number is in Blue they are confirmed as having attempted nesting this year. <br />
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PLEASE NOTE: I colour ring a lot of Juveniles which have a low survival rates compared with adults. This is natural.<br />
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Out of the 32 Swans that have been in in the project since it began that fall into this category.<br />
Confirmed dead = 4<br />
Seen in 2019 = 12<br />
<span style="text-align: center;">(22/05/2020) </span>Seen so far in 2020 = 9<br />
(So far, year on year, it is at 75% survival) However the stats are done by a much more complex formula.<br />
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The following (Table 2) are swans ringed in 2015 which have been re-sighted already this season. Further sightings are always welcome. CAFP has the colour of the ring set as Grey. This is because the colour ring is now missing. Swan identified by the metal ring.<br />
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The number of swans metal ring in 2015 = 91</div>
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Seen in 2019 = 25<br />
(22/05/2020) Seen so far in 2020 =18 (72% approx.)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Table 2) Mute Swans Ringed in 2015</td></tr>
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The number of swans metal ring in 2016 = 209</div><div>This 209 is a high percentage of cygnets which have a high mortality rate<br />
Confirmed dead = 20<br />
Seen in 2019 = 64<br />
Seen so far in 2020 = 24 (37% survival since last year)<br />
This is where it it requires field work. Those ringed in 2016 as Cygnets are now either nesting, looking for nest sites. Therefore locating them is a challenge. <br />
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The number of swans metal ring in 2017 = 127<br />
Confirmed dead = 7<br />
Seen in 2019 = 49<br />
Seen so far in 2020 = 22<br />
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The number of swans metal ring in 2018 = 28<br />
Confirmed dead = 0<br />
Seen in 2019 = 21<br />
Seen so far in 2020 = 12<br />
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To date: 38 Nests Hatched: 235 Cygnets: Average per nest 6 Cygnets.<br />
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03/05/2020 Russborough House. 10 Cygnets on first w/e May. (Closed & both adults unringed)<br />16/11/2020 Turvey hatched with 5 Cygnets</div><div>11/06/2020 Kilcoole Golf Club 8 Cygnets. (crossed to lake in Druids Glenn)</div><div>08/06/2020 St Stephens Green hatched. 5 Cygnets</div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 542px;">
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Cross Guns 4 Cygnets Maeve Moore on Twitter</td>
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Naas, Fair Green Hatched</td>
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Chapelizod 5 Cygnest CAIT Male Unringed Female</td>
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Naas Gym. Cygnets 3 weeks old</td>
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4 Cygnets K S + EC Twitter</td>
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Knock Lake 6 Cygnets</td>
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Skerries 9 Cygnets</td>
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Tymon North 5 Cygnets in the morning</td>
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Waterville Park, Blanchardstown. 6 Cygnets so far. Back on nest.</td>
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Limekiln. 8 Cygnets on Facebook. CABD + CABF</td>
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Castletown House. 6 Cygnets on their twitter page.</td>
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Ballycragh Firhouse. 8 Cygnets. CACI and CACJ</td>
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Tolka Valley Park 7 Cygnets.</td>
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Druids Glen Wicklow - 6 Cygnets. No Coloured Rings</td>
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<td class="xl65" height="19" style="height: 14.4pt; width: 407pt;" width="542">14/05/2020
Blanchardstown IT 7 Cygnets Photos sent in by Niall de Poar </td>
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Blessington Basin 6 Cygnets. Dublin City Council Tweet.</td>
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UCD 6 Cygnets 17:40. Elizabeth McC and Doug M
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Terenure. Hatching, 6 Cygnets so far. 1 egg left.</td>
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Balcarrick Golf Club have posted video of 7 new cygnets</td>
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Lakeside Newbridge. 5 Cygnets and Pen still on nest.</td>
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Fr Collins Park 8 Cygnets is the count</td>
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Corkagh Park, Wildfowl lakes. 6 Cygnets and 2 eggs abandoned.</td>
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Naas Ponds 6 Cygnets.</td>
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Sean Walsh Park, Large Lake. 3 Cygnets</td>
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Sean Walsh Park Large lake. Final count 3 Cygnets. Not sure what happened but expected a higher number from this pair.<br />
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<br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Failed nests</h3><div>National Stud, Kildare.</div><div>Grangecastle Business Park.</div><div>Broombridge</div><div>UCD Engineering Lake</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Unknown Outcome</h3><div><br /></div><div>Parkwest, Liffey Filters<br /><br /><br /></div>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-45130377007987785442020-03-28T04:52:00.007-07:002020-06-20T10:00:49.290-07:0030/04/2020 to 31/05/2020 Mute Swan Updates<h2>
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This page has had to go alphabetically! Too many updates to keep moving newest update to top. There are 47 locations below but many locations I have no news. Example: The Peoples Park in the Phoenix Park is locked, the Zoo is shut, I have no observers in Naas and although 1 nest is hatched I don't know if the other 5 sites are even in use. But a massive thanks to all who have sent in data. I will be able to use 2020 in my research, but please continue to send in sightings. I monitor nests until the cygnets are 12 weeks old so all counts are appreciated</div>
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14/05/2020 Nesting still. CAHL, CAIL NdP<br />
22/04/2020 Advised of a new nest. CAHL + CAIL on 2 eggs. Both Swans hatched in 2015 and I have no breeding attempts noted for either Swan. (The election posters if you are interested are Liada Ni Riada, Irish Presidential Election 2019)<br />
19/04/2020 Female on Nest - Twitter.<br />
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Royal Canal, pair CBKX and mate present. Thank you Niall de Poar<br />
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Balcarrick Golf Club</h3>
05/05/2020 A Facebook posted video by the club of 7 Cygnets with parents crossing Golf Course. Can't see if the parents are colour ringed.<br />
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Ballycragh Park, Firhouse</h3>
15/05/2020 15:00 8 Cygnets CACI & CACJ apparently hatched 14th PM<br />
12/05/2020 Female on Nest. Male Patroling.<br />
Pair present - Possibly started nesting. CACI and CACJ. Observed before the restrictions. Thank you Niall de Poar<br />
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Ballymount Park. Dublin 24</h3><div>27/05/2020 7 Cygnets and CBIB (F)</div>
19/05/2020 MV coluldn't see anything.<br />
09/05/2020 Male still trying to drive away 2019 cygnets. Nest not visible on Island.<br />
02/04/2020. Female on nest. Male CABK trying to oust the 6 cygnets from last year, CCDL, CCDN, CCDP, CCDS, CCDT and CCDV. Also present was juvenile CCDH from Ballycragh Park in Firhouse<br />
25/03/2020 Female on Nest. Male beside her. Assume they are CABK (M) and CBIB (F) but haven't confirmed. Interestingly last years cygnets are still there, all 6 of them. All 6 are ringed.<br />
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14/05/2020 7 Cygnets Photo NdP<br />
06/05/2020 Received photo this morning of Pen still on nest.<br />
19/03/2020. Female on Nest. CAZP (M) close by.<br />
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14/05/2020 Still 6 Cygnets CBFN<br />
12/05/2020 6 Cygnets on DCC Twitter this morning.<br />
22/04/2020 Female on Nest. Male in Vicinity<br />
13/04/2020 Pen has been on nest for 8 days now. Cygnet from last year still present. Thank you Brian<br />
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30/04/2020 Nesting. Only egg appears to have fallen out of nest. Again this year locals concern that they have chosen a narrow section of the towpath to nest on.<br />
22/04/2020 Nesting - appears to be usual pair CBDV and CAVX<br />
10/04/2020 Advised pair present before lock down. (Thanks Niall)<br />
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14/04/2020 Male CBAH noted. Female not visible. Perhaps on nest in the vegetation?<br />
29/05/2020 1 Cygnet<br />
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Chapelizod Island, Liffey</h3><div>24/05/2020 5 Cygnets MI</div><div>23/05/2020 MI CAIT FN</div>
29/04/2020 Female on Nest. Male in vicinity.<br />
26/04/2020 Female on Nest. Male in vicinity.<br />
23/04/2020 Pen on nest incubating. Male patrolling. Both colour ringed but yet to be read.<br />
16/04/2020 Pen on 7 eggs<br />
10/04/2020 Egg was ejected or just rolled out of the nest. However, nesting attempt still going.<br />
09/04//2020 A new swan nest reported. 6 eggs<br />
Thank you Grainne who will keep me informed from her balcony. Yet to determine which swans the are!<br />
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17/05/2020 Spending a lot of time off nest. Not an encouraging sign<br />
16/04/2020 on nest 12:00<br />
13/04/2020 This new pair is on eggs. Apparently photos on facebook. As a new pair, they don't know that there is a safe place to nest on the Island.<br />
18/03/2020. Pair Present. CBID and metal ring W41079 (Was CBKA)<br />
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17/05/2020 Down to 5 Cygnets Suzana R.<br />
02/05/2020 6 Cygnets and 2 eggs unhatched. Thank you Suzana R<br />
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26/04/2020 5 Eggs. CCCH read again.<br />
22/04/2020 Good to see a nesting Pair although CCCH is very young to be nesting. Only a 3rd Year<br />
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20/05/2020 Still 6 Cygnets. Thank you Angela and Albert<br />
13/05/2020 6 new cygnets. Neither parent coloured ringed.<br />
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16/05/2020 Still 8 Cygnets BN MI<br />
14/05/2020 Still 8 Cygnets NdP MI FI<br />
06/05/2020 08:00 8 Cygnets and 1 unhatched. CAJC + CAJH Excllent Tom.<br />
04/05/2020 12:40 8 Cygnets and 1 unhatched. Excellent Tom. CAJC + CAJH Confirmed as parents<br />
03/05/2020 7 Cygnets Hatched and 2 eggs to go.<br />
03/05/2020 First 2 Hatched 10 am<br />
18/04/2020 Female on 9 Eggs! If counts are accurate, (Sometimes eggs difficult to see) she only finished laying on April 1st. May 13th for cygnets?<br />
30/03/2020 Female on 8 eggs CAJH + CAJC.<br />
10/03/2020. Female on nest - No eggs yet. CAJH. Male CAJC present.<br />
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03/05/2020 Nest abandoned. No eggs left in nest.<br />
01/05/2020 Still nesting at new location<br />
10/04/2020 Looks like the pair are nesting again. Dangerous site as there are a lot of dogs not on leads at this location<br />
31/03/2020 Nest was destroyed by humans this evening. 1 egg found on far side of road near Grange Castle restoration site. Apparently the pair had started nesting this week at their usual spot. Didn't have an egg count, but if they had laid only one or two, they may try again. Report and photo by Shay Connolly. Thank you Shay.<br />
25/03/2020 - Pair Present. No nest built yet<br />
18/03/2020 - Pair Present CBIF +<br />
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14/04/2020 Only one swan noted today. Female with metal ring. Probably the nesting female from last year. The male was killed by dog while defending the cygnets last year.<br />
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06/05/2020 Female on nest, male patrolling. Male colour ringed for definite but not read.<br />
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19/05/2020 CABZ and CADP both present but no cygnets!<br />
04/05/2020 5 Cygnets. Thank you Anna Dooley again for report and pictures<br />
13/04/2020 Nest again this year. Can't assume the parents are the same as the last 5 years. Will wait for confirmation My thanks to Anna Dooley who kindly took this photo on her walk.<br />
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14/05/2020 6 Cygnets NdP<br />
28/04/2020 Still on nest. Thanks NdP<br />
22/04/2020 Confirmation of nesting at this location<br />
10/03/2020 Pair present CALV & CAJC. CAJC has lost it's coloured ring. Metal ring read<br />
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08/05/2020 Still 3 Cygnest Niall<br />
04/05/2020 12:40 3 Cygnets - Final count.<br />
02/05/2020 16:00 All on nest - No count. However this pair hatch over many days. Goodness knows what their strategy is this year!<br />
01/05/2020 3 Cygnets - There may be more to come!<br />
22/04/2020 All going to plan. Possibly going to be 1st Cygnets this year.<br />
04/05/2020 All going normally. Female on nest Female W43599. Colour ring now missing<br />
15/03/2020 Female on Nest. Male CAAH beside nest.<br />
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08/05/2020 Pen on nest - Niall<br />
04/05/2020 Pen on nest - all going to plan.<br />
22/04/2020 Nesting now progressing. Female turning eggs which can mean incubation has started. Thank you David.<br />
05/04/2020. This pair still not sure what they are doing. Still on and off the nest but nothing laid. This really highlights first time partners. CBKS is the female. CAXF is on its 3rd nesting partner in 2 years!<br />
07/03/2020 Female on nest or Male? CBKS present. CBKS is only a 3rd year from Bushy Park. Don't have high hopes for this location this year.<br />
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20/06/2019 Still 9 Cygnets<br />10/06/2020 Still 9 Cygnets</div><div>20/05/2020 Evening. 9 Cygnets . CBDI Read<br />
05/05/2020 Pen on nest and CBDI patrolling. Looking promising.<br />
05/04/2020 Pen on nest and colour ringed male patrolling. MC on social media. Thank you.<br />
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10/05/2020 6 Cygnets on video. Pen off the nest. A Moloney on Twitter, excellent.<br />
Pen read by Ezster and Anne CACC<br />
06/05/2020 Hatching. 5 Cygnets so far. A Moloney posted lovely video on Twitter.<br />
17/04/2020 Still on 7 eggs. Male identified again as CBTL, all looking good.<br />
14/04/2020 Still on 7 eggs. Male and Female same pair as last year. 5 years old so good chance this year.<br />
07/04/2020 On 7 eggs at present - Updated this evening<br />
07/04/2020 Made aware of this resident pair nesting.<br />
05/04/2020 Female on nest.<br />
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Botanic Avenue, Glasnevin 13.30 & Cygnets MI CAJV Still 7 Cygnets</span></div><div>16/05/2020 Still 7 Cygnets<br />
14/05/2020 Still 7 NdP<br />
13/05/2020 7 Cygnets. Julia, the London correspondent spotted the announcement on Instagram with photos. Thank you PP.<br />
06/05/2020 CAJV patrolling and female on nest. Thanks J.<br />
30/04/2020 Nesting.<br />
22/04/2020 Confirmation of nesting Female on nest. MV - Male in Vacinity<br />
Pair apparently back and nesting. CAJV + Unringed mate and mate. Observed before the restrictions. Thank you Niall de Poar<br />
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05/05/2020 Nest built. CAFV + CBDT. No eggs yet but But as a 5CY, a good chance of cygnets this year. Fingers crossed.<br />
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19/05/2020 Hatched 5 Cygnets. Not paying attention and already lost one this morning to heron<br />
08/05/2020 Nesting still<br />
18/04/2020 Female on nest. Nest difficult to see now. Couldn't see male.<br />
01/04/2020 Occasionally going onto Island to build? Can't see nest site.<br />
29/03/2020. CBKN & CACH out grazing. No sign of nesting yet.<br />
24/03/2020. Pair present CBKN and CACH. Not nesting yet. Same pair as 2019<br />
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18/05/2020 Facebook - 8 Cygnets at 11am on video this morning<br />
18/05/2020 16:00 Female on nest. 3 Cygnets visible. Couldn't get a head count<br />
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08/05/2020 Female on Nest Covered Eggs and went for a wash 09:00. MV FI MI<br />
25/04/2020 Female on Nest Male in vacinity. last years still present<br />
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20/03/2020 CABD + CABF on big lake. Not yet nesting.<br />
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08/05/2020 Nesting M Identified & F Identified Niall<br />
01/04/2020 Nest building together.<br />
22/03/2020. New pair present. CCFH + CCFF. No sign of nest yet.<br />
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08/05/2020 Looks like they have abandoned their effort. All reports are not on nest<br />
03/04/2020 Pair nesting Tweet from Nessa Childers. Thank you<br />
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07/05/2020 6 Cygnets Twitter 16:40<br />
07/05/2020 Hatching - Elizabeth<br />
28/04/2020 Still on nest. Thank you Niall de Poar<br />
01/04/2020 Female on Nest. Tweet from Nessa Childers. Thank you<br />
Pair nesting - Thank you Niall de Poar. Observed before the restrictions.<br />
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27/05/2020 5 Cygnets. Via JB<br />
24/05/2020 6 Cygnets. Neither Parent Ringed. JR<br />
21/05/2020 6 Cygnets NdP<br />
19/05/2020 6 Cygnets this morning Via JB<br />
18/05/2020 Hatching - At least 3 visible. Update tomorrow hopefully.<br />
09/05/2020 Female on nest. Usual nest location and not the Island which strongly suggests that it is the same pair as last year.<br />
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Those of you who regularly see my Swan reports know that a Swan can stay put for many years and then just disappears. CBPS was ringed in Bray in 2017 and was recorded there nearly every month till January 2020. My thanks to Ronnie Martin who sent me this superb photo from Webbs Field ECNR. Taken on March 18th it shows CBPS has gone south and is with a partner. 4 years old, it might be tempted to try nesting this year.</div>
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A big thank you to Alan, Niall, Shay, Sean, David and Grainne for their updates. If you are taking your daily exercise in a park within 40Km of Dublin city center. I am looking for updates on Swan nests and if you can read their leg rings, even better.<br />
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This years Mute Swan Nesting Project will not be going ahead with the same commitment due to Government advice to stay in or close to home. So with local walks only, I will collect what nesting data I can. You can send me your local data and I will add. The methodology won't be exact, but better than nothing.<br />
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I would normally locate over 40 nest and monitor them. Can't do that this year, but this is the latest situation.<br />
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Did you see the front page of the Irish Times on April 7th? The photographer Alan Betson' photo of CBXN and CAFZ, gave these swans their 5 minutes of fame. He kindly passed on over 100 photos from which 22 additional rings / swans were added into this years survival project. I am really grateful as I can't go out and read them!<br />
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The 11th seems to be about numbers and milestones. This blog has just passed 100,000 page views, Swan data base just passed 9,000 entries but this years Swan RAS (Resighting / Retrapping Adults for survival) has reached 50. My thanks to everyone who has sent in sightings from their local swans. Hopefully the project will get another 150 individuals before end of September, but it is a great start that shows me that with sightings coming in the project can continue.<br />
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05/04/2020. CBJS turned up in a rural garden south of Naas this morning. Not many people have Mute Swan on their garden bird list, but also CBJS hasn't been seen since 2017, it's one of my missing swans. :)<br />
My thanks to Joe Coleman for the photo and video.<br />
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<br /></div>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-62402356121186655782020-03-11T12:58:00.002-07:002020-03-19T15:23:07.415-07:00March 2020<h3>
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If anyone goes to Howth Harbour at the moment, the most striking thing is there are hardly any Herring Gulls or Great Black-backed Gulls about. Today the count was 4 Adult GBBGU and 2 sub adult and 6 Herring Gulls and 5 Juveniles. It is amazing with the chip shops closed, there are no chips to scavenge and suddenly no Gulls. It really does show that they are there because so many people either feed them or drop food which they scavenge.<br />
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I had a few hours off this morning, so off to Howth. Despite having over 1000 Irish Herring Gulls and Great Black-backed Gulls colour ringed, I wasn't expecting to see many. I recored none<br />
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Only about 6 Herring Gulls are known to still be in Dublin and I'm not expecting any more back for at least another 10 days. This week the following have been reported. Herring Gull 639:D is still in Scotland, 954:D in Wicklow Town, 544:D is in Dunmore East,Waterford, 016:D in Llanelli in Wales. There are also 5 using Bray Harbour which is near. Our Dublin Gulls have dispersed from Belfast to Cork. The Adults are due back at the end of the month and maybe a few more juveniles?<br />
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On my birthday I abandoned my family and went for an hour to the Wexford Wildfowl Reserve. Having failed in previous visits to read a Greenland White-fronted goose neck band, I was lucky this time. There was a flock only 200m from the road. There were other things about such as Bewick Swans, Greylag Geese, Brent and Whooper Swans but a Greenland WFRGO is what I was after. I managed to record 3 and possibly a 4th. Many thanks to Tony Fox in Denmark who co-ordinates the project for a rapid and interesting reply. (Apologies for typo in photos. Wexford Wildfowl Reserve is the correct name.) They are family orientated geese and offspring can associate with parents for many years. This makes them interesting to study.</div>
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While looking back through my photos as apparently there are birds with Grey telemetry collars, I spotted in a corner of a frame this collar [Y83]. I have reported it as not a 100% confident read and I am sure I will hear soon if Tony agrees and if he does, the history of these magnificant Geese<br />
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15th February</h3>
Storm Dennis was raging today, but I was at the Bull Island with 30 minutes to spare. So I got soaked and went looking for coloured ringed gulls. I was having no luck when I spotted a CR Black-tailed Godwit. I risked taking the camera out and sheltering the camera behind a bin, took a few photos. Couldn't even check the photos as the rain was near horizontal Thirty meters further on I noticed the same Godwit in among another flock of Gulls. I didn't risk getting the camera soaked again. Suddenly I was seeing double with 2 Godwits sporting these tall triple green rings. Camera out again and with holding it still as possible in the storm tried to record them. I recorded 3 individuals.<br />
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A couple of emails as I couldn't find the project on line and these were all ringed at this location in January!Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-55712580383206162002020-01-03T15:42:00.002-08:002020-01-14T14:09:46.807-08:00January 2020 Surprise sighting!<h3>
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I have been sick for the past 2 weeks, but I am on the mend and hope tomorrow will be my last day. I have missed so much at this fantastic time of year, but my emails haven't slowed down. On January 12th I got emailed a surprise sighting with photo! </div>
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On January 7th 2018 I caught 3 Black-headed Gulls. 1 was already ringed! The others became 2ACA and 2ACB. </div>
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2ACB only showed once more in Sean Walsh Park on January 12th 2018.</div>
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However, David who regularly also check Sean Walsh Park for rings was very surprised to see it and luckily photographed it! It tells me the Gulls are starting to move!</div>
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I got out for a walk along the Dodder and what a great walk! The first Darvic spotted was on a Black-headed Gull. Although I have not yet got a reply to my sighting, it is a German ring.<br />
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I also recorded one of our Great Black-backed Gulls 312:D. Now in it's 4th Calendar Year, looking more and more like an adult, although another year probably before it breeds.<br />
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Right beside the Great Black-backed Gull was a Herring Gull from Irelands Eye.<br />
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With my change from employment, back to full time education, my available time for birding has been curtailed! I need to continue to reply to all the colour ring sightings of our Swans and Gulls by the fantastic army of observers. So with time constraints, it has been my ring reading blog that has suffered! Trying to catch up!<br />
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Today I went to Bray Harbour. I recorded P615, Ringed in 2010 as an Adult, means it hatched before 2008! It has been recorded at Bray Harbour every year since then. Also recorded 1778Km away in Lithuania where it was first ringed.<br />
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Today also at Bray Harbour was yet another Isle of Man Juvenile Herring Gull. Getting more Isle of Man Herring Gulls than usual this winter, or so it seems!<br />
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Out of of growing number of colour ringed Dublin Gulls I recorded 707:D, B30:D, B69:D and a really interesting sighting of B50:D. B50:D was last seen at Gormanstown, almost 50km north of Bray.<br />
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26th December</h3>
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So few coloured ringed Black-headed Gulls about this year. Even 27H0 which was ever present during the winter months since 2013 has not been recently. 2ACA isn't even appearing most visits but was there today.<br />
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No Coloured rings in Sean Walsh Park, none in Tymon Park, none at Bullock Harbour! Eventually as the Forty Foot got a single Colour Ringed Med Gull!<br />
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At Ben Madigan Park in Drimnagh 148:D made an appearance. Ringed in 2017, it used to be a regular here but had disappeared for a year.<br />
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That later at Grangecastle Business Park, 826:D made its first appearance since ringing. (An urban Gull from our project)<br />
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15th December</h3>
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At Sean Walsh Park, Herring Gull 843:D appeared. Ringed in the Dublin City Centre, it had only been recorded roosting on Booterstown Strand up to now.<br />
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14th December</h3>
I-WeBs Count on the Canal. This year with a hoarding up where the Swans Roost at Portobello is throwing numbers out on my monthly count. Coupled with an aggressive pair at Davitt Road, there are 31 Swans utilizing Grand Canal Dock. This is outside my count area! Only 60 Swans in my count areas where there should be 91. However during my count I recorded another new species for my patch in Dublin city, a Water Rail!<br />
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7th December</h3>
I gave a talk to the "Friends of Tymon Park". Delighted to do so, as it was Tymon Park that rekindled my interest in Ornithology.<br />
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<br />Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-78352836443287977532019-11-16T15:13:00.001-08:002019-11-18T10:56:06.943-08:00November 2019A change in my work circumstances has meant I have missed posting observations for quite some time. I am still ring reading! My camera battery is also now resolved, I hope to retrospectively catch up! Winter is fast approaching. My first colour ringed Brent have been recorded.<br />
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November 18th.</h3>
Received preliminary report from Hendrik Trapp in Germany. Black [X2VC] was ringed in 2019 which is why I hadn't seen it before this year. More interestingly, it was seen on migration in July and again in September at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England. The route is almost a straight line!<br />
Thank you Hendrick!<br />
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November 17th</h3>
On my canal IWebs count I spotted Norwegian Black-headed Gull Green [JC38]. I hadn't located it since December 2018, so nice that it still comes to the Kennel Club at Harols X every year!<br />
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November 16th</h3>
On Davitt Road, I recorded a black-headed Gull from Germany. Black[X2VC] I first recorded it last month on 15th October and reported it. I am still awaiting details.<br />
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This morning in Sean Walsh Park, I recorded the Herring Gull B71:D again. This seems to be absent Mon-Friday and appear at the weekends!<br />
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Also recorded was the Swedish Black Headed Gull 6456000. Not difficult to do as it is always around your feet!<br />
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<br />Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-33789762524657414722019-09-21T03:42:00.004-07:002019-09-24T11:32:56.714-07:00September 2019 - You learn something new! Swans eat Sausages!<h3>
20th September</h3>
The Swans are back on the Canal and the numbers are starting to build. However some one dropped a pack of raw sausages and the Swans fought off the Gulls which had ripped open the packet and took them to a deep spot in the middle of the canal out of depth range of the gulls. They then, at a leisurely pace ate them all! Diving down bringing them up and biting off a piece at a time. I have seen them eat Frog Spawn and small fish. I never thought they would eat raw sausages with such gusto!!!!<br />
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I spotted a CR Gull on the Crumlin Road while heading for the Canal to do a count. It was 217:D. This is a regular at Bullock Harbour, but that is 14km away. It just shows the range these gulls have when foraging!<br />
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14th September</h3>
On Booterstown Strand only 1 CR Blackheaded Gull recorded! Polish Yellow T9PC. Unable to enter it on the Polish website due to "New Server"<br />
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5th September</h3>
Nice to see 6456000 back in Sean Walsh Park, looking very much the adult Bird. Still running around my feet like a Juvenile!<br />
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3rd September</h3>
A short stop as I was out near Howth and there were Gulls every where. In 30 minutes in recorded 10 colour rings. Red 932:D from Lambay Island was the among the best!<br />
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A early evening trip to Sandymount Strand. But the tide was dropping too fast and dogs were ensuring that the birds were moving out just as fast. There were some Black Tailed Godwits about and my old friend <span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">RO-OZ was among them! First sighting of the season by anyone. Ringed in Iceland in 2015 as an adult I spot it regularly. However, Iceland does not record observers initial on the sighting reports, so I don't know of the 16 Dublin sightings how many are mine!</span><br />
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I moved on to Seapoint where the Mediterranean Gulls roost in the evening and sure enough there were a few. Two with Coloured Rings including this French individual RU94. Ringed in 2014 and a regular in Dublin, but it appears I haven't seen it before.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span>Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-90342820054343679482019-08-11T14:58:00.002-07:002019-09-03T09:01:37.993-07:00August 2019 - Tern Season updated<h3>
August 30th</h3>
Quick trip to Sandycove, but the spring tide was too high. Just the occasional CR Med Gull, this one is Polish and a regular.<br />
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August 28th</h3>
A brief stop at Sandycove only produced 1 CR Tern sighting. They all count!<br />
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August 27th</h3>
A short trip to Bray turned out to be quite sociable as well as productive! Met Marcia and Bob who were observing a Swan to see if it required the assistance of a vet. When I got home I forwarded photos from the past year to showing the wing droop.<br />
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However, there were Gulls and I was lucky enough to read 4 of our Red rings.<br />
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Just to put the geography of the project into prospective for those who are not familiar with Dublin.<br />St Patricks Island is the most northerly of the Dublin Islands which we ring project gulls on and Dalkey is the most Southerly. Bray Harbour is 7Km south of Dalkey Island. </h4>
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August 24th</h3>
Dun Laoghaire was closed for an Iron Man Event in the morning but by 4pm the roads were still not open! I ended up on Booterstown Strand and the timing was good regarding the incoming tide. Hardly any terns, so Coloured Ringed Black-headed Gulls was my target species. However, it is difficult to walk past a few hundred Oystercatchers with out recording a few!<br />
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Eventually read my first Black-headed Gull J41M from Norway.<br />
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In the end I recorded 10 Oystercatchers, 2 Meds and 2 Black-headed Gulls. Lovely evening!<br />
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August 22nd</h3>
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At the Forty Foot in Dun Laoghaire no CR Terns recorded. I was just leaving when I got cajoled into going into the Martello Tower Museum and up to the roof to take in the view. Unlike many tourist attraction, it is free! I availed of the offer. When I was leaving I noted a couple more Terns have arrived on the rocks and I quickly recorded my first with an Orange Flag! I have emailed Stephen Dodd in Wales and await his reply </div>
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I moved onto Sea Point. Tara Adcock had asked in an email if I had read any Common Terns this year. I hadn't and the tide was high enough to try. As the species of bird gets smaller so does the ring size and you need to get reasonably near to read them. At High Tide at Sea Point there are usually a couple of dozen roosting on the rocks 20m from the road!<br />
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August 18th</h3>
A quick trip to the coast and started at the Forty Foot area of Dun Laoghaire. It was High Tide so went looking at where birds roost. As expected there were a few Mediterranean Gulls and Terns roosting. The photos are poor and heavily cropped but the all important codes are visible!<br />
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The first recorded is Orange [KSS] this is another of this years Juveniles from Lady's Island in Wexford. Isn't it fascinating that they head north before they head south for winter.<br />
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The 2nd was Red [KFT] from a Welsh Project. I haven't got the history of this one yet.<br />
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I moved on to a place called Sea Point, usually the alternative high tide roost for Med Gulls. I recorded 2 coloured rings of the 34 present. The first was Yellow [2XK0]. Ringed in 2015, but I don't appear to have seen it for a couple of years. I do know it was sighted in Portugal in 2017.<br />
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Med Gull White[3416] is an adult that is new to me. The code is quite recent so it could have been coming to Dublin for years before it was colour ringed.<br />
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Then scanning the Terns out on the far rocks I noticed more coloured rings! Again the photos are heavily cropped but the codes and colours were obtainable.<br />
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August 17th</h3>
Bird of the day was at Sandycove was a Herring Gull among the Mediterranean Gulls. Ringed at an Urban nest at a Bus Garage in Dublin. First sighting since fledged.<br />
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This afternoon at Sandycove 53 Mediterranean Glls but only 4 Coloured Rings. Green [RS96], Red [PRN6] Yellow 2X6J and my Med of the day was new to me White [3KR5]<br />
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Bullock Harbour and the day just got even better! There were 4 newly fledged Great Black-backed Gulls from Dalkey Island. 505:D, 506:D, 518:D and 543:D. Hopefully more will show in the coming weeks!</div>
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August 13th</h3>
Following sightings from David I went to Sean Walsh Park and sure enough 2ACA and 27H0 are back.<br />
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August 11th</h3>
At Sandycove, Med Gull White 3761 was another new one! I recorded the French one Green RS96 I am very familiar with. The interesting sighting was AYKL, as with my Nikon P900, it is very rare that I record anything in flight! It is German. Many ringing groups are still submitting and collating data so I will update when the sighting reports come in.<br />
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At Bray Harbour, no Red rings recorded, but Black-headed Gull 9MT from Denmark, ringed as an adult last year, is back. I was delighted to record 2 metal ringed Swans for the first time this year<br />
This brings my total number of individual Swans recorded this season to 180. This is really poor, but the data is the data. 1,500+ sightings and very few new individuals are being noted.<br />
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August 6th. </h3>
At Howth this morning there were only a few colour ringed gulls. This is the frustrating bit. We have colour ringed over 1,000 with red rings over the past 3 years. I still find it very hard to locate any! Eventually I spotted 448:D on a roof! I do get in sightings from others, but I am still surprised how few are in Dublin still!<br />
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There were a few adults with the old Blue rings. 1MC has been a regular at the Harbour for the past month. Judging by previous years it will soon depart to Broadmeadows and North Dublin which it appears to favour for winter.<br />
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I left Howth to go meet a friend for lunch and stopped at Bull Island. No rings on any gulls recorded. and there were a lot of Gulls. But I did spot an Oystercatcher from the Dublin Bay Project. Very far away but the code captured on this record shot.<br />
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The Blue above the metal signifies that it was ringed on the North Side of Dublin.<br />
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August 4th</h3>
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An evening Walk at Sandycove produced 3 CR Mediterranean Gulls. White 3HN3 is another new one, probably ringed as an adult. No reply yet from the ringers.<br />
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Mediterranean Gull 2X0E I am familiar with. Ringed in Dublin. Colour ringed in 2012 as an adult in Dublin, it is an annual visitor.<br />
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Mediterranean Gull, White 3785 is the first colour ringed Juvenile I have recorded this year. Hopefully it will continue to return for many years to come.<br />
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August 2nd</h3>
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A trip to Dublin Zoo. I was checking out how the measures to discourage Herons begging at the Restaurants is continuing. Pretty good with only 2 individuals observed. This would have been around 20 Herons 5 years ago. Only one Ringed individual observed K07<br />
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<br />Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-15208989611762458092019-07-22T06:06:00.000-07:002019-07-31T11:09:15.997-07:00July 2019 - First Black-headed gull of the season<h3>
31 July </h3>
Usually by the end of July I have recorded some colour ringed black-headed Gulls, but so far this year I had drawn a blank! However, today I recorded my first on a lunchtime walk around Sean Walsh Park.<br />
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22nd July 2019</h3>
The end of June and beginning of July are such busy months. From June 14th, for a single month all the large Gull chicks get big enough to catch and colour ring. Other Seabirds such as Shag chicks also are ready for ringing. This along side the Constant Effort Site (CES) which take 6 hours every week end takes up all my time with ringing and inputting. It also gives me the opportunity for more learning and Razorbill and Guillemot ringing were high on my list. This on top of all the re-sightings, my Swan RAS, Mute Swan Nesting Census and nest records means I haven't done my blog for a while.... so here goes.<br />
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21st July</h3>
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Birds start returning to Dublin to "Winter" from June onwards. But we also have a short post breeding assemblage in Dublin. Sandwich Terns which I don't think nest anywhere in Dublin arrive in large numbers. Again I am on the look out for coloured rings. I expect any I read to be mainly from Scotland, but they come from all over Europe so you never know what you might see and learn.<br />
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You may think that getting an Irish Sandwich Tern in Dublin shouldn't be interesting, but I get a few each year and they always are interesting. They go 120km North to Dublin Bay to fatten up before they go South to Africa to winter.<br />
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The Mediterranean Gull numbers are growing but the number of coloured rings this year is not at the 10% I was getting a few years ago. However, Green RS96 has been coming to Dublin since it was ringed in France in 2014. However it seems to also spend every Christmas in France and the early part of the new year in Spain.<br />
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The other Colour Ringed Med Gull was White [3AN5]. I haven't recorded it before in Dublin. I am waiting for the report but it is either a newly ringed adult or just had it's colour ring replaced. It is rare that they change their habits!<br />
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July 13th - 20th</h3>
I was down on Valentia Island, co Kerry. A wonderful place to visit. I recorded no coloured rings, but I could watch Chough all day! In fact I did little or no birding. Didn't even go to the Skelligs this year.<br />
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6th July</h3>
Sandymount Strand / Booterstown Strand. A short walk to look at roosting gulls. Unable to count as dogs running through the flocks all the time. I challenged yet another owner as it is against the law to disturb the roosting birds. Her excuse was that she was aware of it and she wouldn't let her own dog chase birds but she was just minding that dog for a friend! She again said she was aware of the law but what difference does one more dog chasing the birds make! The Garda and council do nothing to enforce the law. Until they start catching the dogs and fining the owners it will not stop. The council have 3 tiny signs the length of the whole beach but no one pays any attention to them! Rant over!<br />
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Med Gull 3FJV on Sandymount strand. There were others but dog ran through the flock repeatedly. You are trying to read the gulls from 40 - 50 meters so the photos are never good, but they are legible!<br />
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<br />Graham Prolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981390309482972308noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962933317997229141.post-24842402796843745352019-06-01T11:41:00.000-07:002019-06-26T11:33:27.407-07:00June 2019 - Howth + Dalkey Island<h3>
June 26th</h3>
I stopped at Sandycove on the way home. There were 22 Med Gulls which included 12 adults. I could see 3 rings but too far out to get the codes. I eventually got one standing up for long enough for a photo on X84 zoom! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mediterranean Gull White[3815] 2CY from Belguim</td></tr>
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A quick scan at Bullock Harbour to see if any of the recently ringed chicks on Dalkey Island had fledged. The only red ring was 217:D. That is an urban Herring Gull from 2018!</div>
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The only other colour ringed Gull recorded was Blue 2LH. Although the photo is poor, I include it as I recorded it nesting on Dalkey Island last week.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Black-backed Gull 2LH.</td></tr>
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June 21st </h3>
My weekly walk this week took me to Irelands Eye. I walked up to the Gannet Stack and back. I checked the progress of the Shag nests at the top and colour ringed 2 shag pulli in the cave I checked.<br />
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I then walked back to the ferry. Any large Gull Pulli were picked up and coloured ringed. I also checked any adults perched on rocks and recorded ring numbers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Herring Gull 283:D</td></tr>
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I recorded 7 coloured rings on Gulls. There are hardly any non-adults gulls on the Island now, probably only one or 2 percent, and they are on the beaches as opposed to in the colonies. Even though we have coloured ringed a few hundred gulls with red rings in 2017 and 2018 on this Island, as expected, none of these were observed. These probably won't return to start breeding until 2022!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larus marinus - Great-black-backed Gull 2AM</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larus marinus - Great Black-backed Gull 3KC</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larus marinus - Great Black-backed Gull 480:D - Just ringed!</td></tr>
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June 14th</h3>
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Dalkey Island</h3>
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Another trip to Dalkey Island. The chicks have grown and so another season starts! It is interesting to see where they nest. 3CT was ringed as a chick on Irelands Eye, an Island 15Km north of Dalkey in 2013</div>
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Anyone care to guess where 328:D will nest in 2024?</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">328:D Great Black-backed Gull. Dalkey Island June 14th 2019</td></tr>
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June 11th</h3>
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Trip to Howth this morning. Plenty of Gulls but hardly a 2nd or 3rd year to be seen and none of our red rings. Still I read 8 rings, 6 Blue and 2 metals.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Black-backed Gull 2AT. The plastic rings are in poor condition after 10 years!</td></tr>
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Black-backed Gull</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2005</td>
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Black-backed Gull</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2010</td>
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Black-backed Gull</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2015</td>
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Black-backed Gull</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2009</td>
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Black-backed Gull</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2009</td>
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Black-backed Gull</td>
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<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">OHV</td>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MA16075 - Metal on upside down for the extra challenge!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GC86341. My 3rd time in reading this metal, always at Howth Harbour,</td></tr>
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Dalkey Island is only 0.5km off the coast of Dublin. A five minute boat trip is all it is. However, I had never gone there before. I was looking for Coloured ringed gulls and to ascertain at what stage the nesting is.</div>
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Only one coloured ringed Gull observed. A Great Black-backed Gull ringed as a chick in 2013 on Irelands Eye which is 15km away. This is only the 2nd sighting on the database. The other is also my observation in 2014 at Bray Harbour, 7Km further south. </div>
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The gull nests that I could see from the paths were mainly still eggs or young chicks. There are 3 pairs of Terns nesting on the main Island and they are quite protective of their nests. I watched as they attached Great Black-backed Gulls that came too near. Surprised to see so many Lesser Black-backed Gulls nesting on the Island</div>
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On the way home I stopped in Bullock Harbour. GBBGU 2LH was present. As was one of our Urban Gulls from last year, 217:D. I see so few of our red rings. I had a report from Northern Spain, complete with photo of a Dublin GBBGU during the week. That demonstrates the maximum dispersal distance for the species at over 1,000 Km.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the Dublin Urban Gull Project. 217:D</td></tr>
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