Swallows

amerden

Have left north Co. Cork.

Seems a bit early this year, do they know something we don't ??? or have they had enough of our Irish summer.

Bon Voyage

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I'm inclined to think you are just not seeing them as they are plentiful here in North Louth (as of last evening anyway!) and I see them throught eh county and in Meath and Down also. I doesn't make sense that they would depart Cork first. It just doesn't work that way. The migration begins in the more Northerly areas first.

amerden

Very active and gathering together on overhead cables last week, last seen on Tuesday evening, no sign of them either Wednesday or this morning, couldn't help but see and hear them if they were around.

Alun

I was over on Anglesey last week and there were plenty of swallows around there, although they were gathering on overhead cables and on rooftops in large numbers looking as of they were getting ready to leave.

dodgyme

Saw lovely flock of housemartins around sallins at the weekend.

amerden

Have also left Cork City.

No sightings today, were around yesterday.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I'm in Cavan at the moment and there are good numbers here. Saw plenty as I passed through county Monaghan earlier this morning. The birds you were familiar with in Cork may well have moved to flock in another area where late hatches of flies are more abundant.

Seniors Eyes

There's a lot less of them around my part of north dublin at the moment - maybe some have mad a head start?
Seems to be plenty back home in Cavan though.

ciaran76

A good few still in Edenderry this morning.

Red Hand

They're gone from my shed in Kerry.

Gaspode

I was watching some lining up on the wires in the fileds in my place (Castleknock) today. Guess they'll be off soon so. It was damn cold at dawn this morning - wont bel ong before the first frost hits so they'll want to be gone before then

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Still plenty in Louth today

construct06

Well, the few families of swallows whop have decided to take over my unboarded up balcony are still here anyways, active as ever. Is now or thereabouts the time that they usually leave?

myjugsarehuge

Still quite a few up in North Cork as of yesterday, they usually leave about the first week in October I find

boneless

I'm working on a dig near Islandbridge (Clancy Barracks) at the moment. Up to last week we had hundreds of swallows and martens around the buildings but they all appear to have left over the weekend.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Over 200 flying through the bog here in North Louth last night. No sign of them leaving yet, which is not unusual. They normally don't leave until at leat the end of September.

mr.wiggle

A few familys of them here in Malow(north Cork) over the summer.. left last week. There is a trend here, seems they left north cork a bit earlier this year.. hope we are not in for a bad october....

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Now gone from here!