Knockadoon Head is a headland and national nature reserve with

Capel Island Capel Island (Gaeilge: ''Oileán an Cháplaigh'') is a small island in County Cork, Ireland located a short distance from Knockadoon Head, near Youghal. Features Capel Island and Knockadoon Head were legally protected as a national nature rese ...

of approximately located in County Cork, Ireland. It is partly managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service, with areas under private ownership.

Features

and Knockadoon Head were legally protected as a national nature reserve by the Irish government in 1985. Most of the reserve, , is owned by the state, with a small part in private ownership . The reserve includes Capel Island, Knockadoon Head and the area of sea between. Knockadoon Head has a signal tower, which was built in 1803 to warn of French invasion. It was abandoned in 1815. The reserve has a looped cliff walk. In 2003, a

Hume's Warbler Hume's leaf warbler or Hume's warbler (''Phylloscopus humei'') is a small leaf warbler which breeds in the mountains of inner Asia. This warbler is migratory and winters mainly in India. The English name and the specific ''humei'' bird commemor ...

was recorded at Knockadoon Head, the first record of this bird in Ireland.

References

{{Reflist Geography of County Cork Nature reserves in the Republic of Ireland Tourist attractions in County Cork Protected areas established in 1985 1985 establishments in Ireland