Editing Howth Head (section)

==Fauna and flora==
The cliffs support a large colony of seabirds, notably [[razorbill]]s, [[common guillemot]]s, [[northern fulmar|fulmars]], [[black-legged kittiwake|kittiwakes]] and [[great cormorant|cormorants]]. The scrubland above supports several heathland species including [[Eurasian skylark|skylarks]], [[meadow pipit]]s, [[common whitethroat]]s, [[Eurasian linnet|linnets]], [[European stonechat|stonechats]] and [[whinchat]]s. The most commonly seen birds of prey are [[common kestrel|kestrels]], [[peregrine falcon]]s and [[common buzzard]]s.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

[[Gorse]] grows in many places on the headland. Fires are frequent during dry summers. Thirty-one non-native plants were recorded in 2018 from Howth Head.<ref>Dhuill, Emer Ni and Smyth, N. 2021 Invasive non-native and alien garden escape species on the southern cliffs of Howth Head, Co. Dublin (H21) ''Irish Naturalists' Journal'' '''37'''(2)</ref>