The Great Spotted Woodpecker, Ireland's newest breeding bird species, has recently been seen in Cnocnafeola Wood.
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The main ecological interest is the birdlife, including great spotted woodpeckers, greenfinches, great tits and robins.
Between 2000 and 2007 this demonstrated falls in the Starling and Sparrow populations, with Great Spotted Woodpeckers and Jackdaws on the increase within the area.
Birds include long-tailed tits, robins, great spotted and green woodpeckers, and there are orange tip and speckled wood butterflies.
Smaller birds such as the Siskin, Common Chaffinch (in very large numbers) and Great Spotted Woodpecker are also present and easy to spot on the feeders.