The beach in Kilcoole is the summertime home of the Little Tern, one of the few places in Ireland where these birds nest.
The Little Tern population has declined or become extinct in many European countries, and former breeding places on large rivers like the Danube, Elbe and Rhine ceased.
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Other species breeding in the area are Marsh Harriers, Common Terns and Little Terns, and Great Cormorants - which have forsaken their usual breeding sites in reed beds and made their nests in the abandoned electrical pylons in the area.