BirdWatch Ireland has warned that swan deaths similar to reported cases at Dublin's Samuel Beckett Bridge could occur in greater numbers at a proposed state-of-the-art transport bridge in Bray, Co ...

The discovery of a dead swan in the Avoca at Arklow on Monday is no reason for alarm, according to the Birdwatch organisation. Birdwatch spokesman Niall Hatch pointed out that there is a large ...

A census has revealed that whooper swan numbers increased to the highest level ever recorded in Ireland last year. However, the breed known as “Bewick’s swan” look set to be lost from ...

Luckily, I've seen them in big flocks while on trips to Ireland where the swans are native. I'm always struck by their beauty and size - silky white birds, 5 feet long, flying on a 7-foot wingspan ...

December 13, 2017 at 1:00am GMT. A MUTE swan has been killed in a "vile" crossbow attack in a Co Antrim park. The swan was hit between the eyes at close range in Lough Shore Park in Antrim on ...

A mute swan has been killed in a crossbow attack in County Antrim. The bird was still alive with a bolt lodged in its head when it was seen at Loughshore Park on Monday night. The park, with its ...

Any swan I might spy in these parts I'd normally chalk up to a mute swan, a Eurasian species introduced into the U.S. in the late 1800s. But this bird had a long, straight neck, not the elegantly ...