Acknowledgements
Thanks to: Wanda and John Ronan and Andrew, Heather and David Bird, without whose generosity as landowners the reserve would not exist. Anna Ahern, Allan Farrell, Ken Bond, Mark Carmody, Dr. Debbie Chapman, Ciaran Cronin, Tom Gittings, Birgit O’Driscoll, Geoff Oliver, Eddie Ronayne, and Moggy Somers for their help and advice. Cobh Town Council, Cobh Tidy Towns, Cobh Community College, Cork County Council, The Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund and SECAD for their assistance. Thanks also to the teachers and pupils of Scoil Iosaef Naofa and those too numerous to mention who have been giving their valuable time, help and advice since the reserve was established in 1990.
We would like to thank all those who have taken an interest in Cuskinny Marsh Nature Reserve over the years. We would especially like to thank all those who have volunteered on the reserve, helping to make it the magical place it is. We would also like to thank all those who have studied many aspects of the biodiversity of the reserve, adding greatly to our understanding of the flora and fauna of the reserve and whose dedicated work is reflected in the pages of this website.
Photography: Unless specifically credited all images by Jim Wilson. Blue Tit, Stonechat, Kingfisher, Emperor Dragonfly and the banner shot at the top of this page which were taken by Mark Carmody (www.markcarmodyphotography.com). The central image on the Climate page photo banner was taken by Cian Ryan. Special thanks to the following photographers for generously supplying additional images in the butterfly, damselfly and dragonfly sections: Clodagh De Bláca Blake, Brian Carruthers, Shay Connolly, Michael Keating, Michael John O’Mahony and Gillian Thomas. We would also to thank all those who have and continue to take photos at the reserve and in particular Ronan McLaughlin (https://www.facebook.com/ronanmclaughlinphotography/).