Cygnet spotting

snubbleste

Anyone witness any cygnets around? I think this is the time of year to observe them. Have promised a little one a chance to see them..

Kittywake

There are two adult swans with three cygnets at Waterside in Woodquay, and there are five cygnets down at Claddagh. They are lovely to see.

biko

Aye, Claddagh is usually the spot. Just read up on what to feed them (if you plan to).

thesandeman

And please don't bring WD40 as per other thread!

El_Dangeroso

There was a man in the water with a very expensive video camera filming cygnets in the water behind the cathedral about two weeks ago. Looked to be for some kind of professional production. Luckily for him the swans were tolerating him.

MadYaker

biko wrote: »

Aye, Claddagh is usually the spot. Just read up on what to feed them (if you plan to).

Don't feed them at all, they are wild animals.

snubbleste

Thanks guys.
They were observed in the Claddagh quays. Smiles were created.

Fey!

We've been watching them on our facebook page.

snubbleste

Saw one swan and one tiny cygnet on Eglinton yesterday. Isn't that odd? There are normally more of them - of maybe it was a daddy-son excursion away from the others..
Picture of somewhere else

Don't be drawing attention to them with royalty coming next week - they might get put on the menu.

tenacious-me

Saw a whole heap of them on the canal near Wards last week, at least 5 at once

Crumbs868

Saw one of these in salthill

Zzippy

snubbleste wrote: »

Saw one swan and one tiny cygnet on Eglinton yesterday. Isn't that odd? There are normally more of them - of maybe it was a daddy-son excursion away from the others..
Picture of somewhere else

Probably the last survivor of the brood. Pretty high mortality last cpl of years, mink seem to have got most of them.

Moribund

Great news. 4 Cygnets arrived. Congrats to Galway Swan Rescue on setting up the floating pallet to keep the nest dry during periods of high tide. Can't post a link but pictures / video on Galway Swan rescue facebook page.

jkforde

Kittywake wrote: »

There are two adult swans with three cygnets at Waterside in Woodquay, and there are five cygnets down at Claddagh. They are lovely to see.

just saw a pair with two chicks at Waterside

TerrorFirmer

Moribund wrote: »

Great news. 4 Cygnets arrived. Congrats to Galway Swan Rescue on setting up the floating pallet to keep the nest dry during periods of high tide. Can't post a link but pictures / video on Galway Swan rescue facebook page.

Great! Was actually about to post about that as well.

snubbleste

The nest at Mill St has hatched 4-5 cygnets in the past day. They have not even gone into the water yet! Both parent swans are very protective

snubbleste

Cute as a cygnet cygnets gliding on Eglinton Canal today.

TerrorFirmer

All the Oranmore brood died apart from one - which is now gone, hopefully chased off! There were two of them that were more or less fully grown, but one of them died. There were five to begin with, and a sixth I think that died almost immediately.

She is nesting again though, haven't checked in a while, she didn't build the nest on the raft this time - it's actually quite close to the road going into Tesco. Hopefully high enough that the tide doesn't take it.

charlie_says

Here's a nice one from a few years ago I took in Woodquay.

tenacious-me

Spotted these ones this morning on the canal near Wards!

charlie_says

Was on the phone couldn't post image properly

snubbleste

https://twitter.com/CTribune/status/739875138934562816

TerrorFirmer

Five new ones now again in Oranmore.