page_title: Dromore, County Clare
section_title: Flora and fauna
hierarchical_section_title: Dromore, County Clare / Flora and fauna
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the ruins of Dromore Castle, County Clare, Ireland as seen from the wooden walkway
context_page_description: Dromore, County Clare is a rural townland in County Clare in the Republic of Ireland. It is located in the parish of Ruan and was formerly the location of Dromore House. Today, most of the townland is accounted for by Dromore Wood Nature Reserve. It is open to the public and also contains the ruins of Dromore Castle.
context_section_description: Notable inhabitants of the area include the pine marten (a local study of this species in the 1970s has become a "major reference for the species"), red squirrels, badgers, stoats, foxes, hares, shrews, wood mice, eight species of bats and otters. Birdlife includes coots, grebes, moorhen, water rail and heron. During the winter floods, teal, wigeon, goldeneye, tufted duck, pochard, shoveler and whooper swans visit. In 2011/12, a white tailed eagle was observed. Insects include dragonflies and various butterfly species.
caption: Dromore Castle with wooden walkway.
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