page_title: Little Island, Waterford
section_title: Today
hierarchical_section_title: Little Island, Waterford / Today
caption_attribution_description: English: Free ferry (patrons only)! There is a hotel and golf course on Little Island near Waterford. The hotel provides a free cable ferry, across the King’s Channel, for the use of patrons.
context_page_description: Little Island is an island on the eastern outskirts of Waterford City in Ireland. Islands are rare within the city and county of Waterford, although it is encircled by the River Suir and Kings Channel rather than the Atlantic Ocean. It is 420 acres in extent.
context_section_description: Today the island, castle and grounds, continue to comprise a (19 bedroom) luxury hotel and golf course, Waterford Castle. The island is linked to the mainland by a private ferry which operates across Kings Channel between Ballinakill and the island's west side.
  The island is considered a significant site for bird watching. The main species are the grey heron (breeding), little egret, Eurasian wigeon, greenshank, common sandpiper and commoner waders, common kingfisher and Eurasian jay.
  In the 1950s/1960s the sloblands were home to large flocks of wild geese.
caption: Little Island ferry
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