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Get high resolution version: Mute Swan nesting on the Tolka River, Dublin, originally uploaded by blather. Look underneath the swan – you can see the eggs!
Mute Swan nesting on the Tolka River, Dublin, near Ballybough Bridge or Luke Kelly Bridge, on the road to Fairview. Not sure if this was the male or female – they share the nesting work, tho the male usually stands guard while the female sits. The previous day I had seen both at the nest, but the light wasn’t good. There was a batch of large eggs in the clutch – they produce around six eggs, sometimes up to ten or eleven. It takes about 35 days before they hatch – lets hope these ones will be safe from cats and globshitey humans.
Get high resolution version: Mute Swan nesting on the Tolka River, Dublin (left hand side of photo, near the wall)
Writer, photographer, environmental campaigner and "known troublemaker" Dave Walsh is the founder of Blather.net, described both as "possibly the most arrogant and depraved website to be found either side of the majestic Shannon River", and "the nicest website circulating in Ireland". Half Irishman, half-bicycle. He lives in southern Irish city of Barcelona.