Fiddown Island

 ( Geography Of County Kilkenny ) 

Fiddown Island is a national nature reserve of approximately located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service.

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Features Fiddown Island was legally protected as a national nature reserve by the Irish government in 1988.

Fiddown Island is a narrow, long island in the River Suir. It is an alluvial woodland which is predominantly willow, used for basket making, such as Salix viminalis, Salix triandra, Salix alba, and Salix cinerea. The flora includes Iris pseudacorus, Oenanthe crocata, angelica, meadowsweet, Valeriana Cyperaceae, grasses, and tall herbs. The Island is bordered with reed swamps and covered in willow scrub, and is the only known habitat of this sort in Ireland.

In the drier areas Fraxinus, Crataegus and Prunus spinosa trees have been recorded.

Other animals associated with the site include otters, Daubenton's bats and kingfishers. Among the birds found in the reserve are grasshopper, Sedge warbler and , blackcaps, , , Eurasian teal, , Mute swan and , , whitethroats, and reed buntings. Due to the Island's willow trees, it is also known locally as Sally Island. The reeds were used locally for thatched roofs, with hazel and Viburnum opulus also found on the Island.

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The underlying geology of the site is yellow and red sandstone and green mudstone of the Kiltorcan formation.

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