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Within a small area it contains several different habitats including broadleaf forest (mainly oak, ash and birch), grassland and gorse. It supports a wide variety of fauna and flora, notably a small herd of Sika deer and a colony of smooth newts. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span>The development of a walking trail in Fitzsimons Wood is intended to increase local residents and visitors awareness of the local environment, encouraging them to learn about and experience nature in stimulating ways and provide the opportunity and information to explore this local amenity as well as fostering a greater appreciation for this area and the wildlife this woodland supports.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This project began in\u00a02019 but the audit of flora and fauna in this locale was only carried out\u00a0in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-12509","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fitzsimons Wood Walking Trail - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biodiversity includes all living things from the tiniest micro-organisms to the largest whales in the sea.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/fitzsimons-wood-walking-trail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fitzsimons Wood Walking Trail - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Biodiversity includes all living things from the tiniest micro-organisms to the largest whales in the sea. 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