Editing Castle Espie (section)

==Features==
[[File:View from raven suite.jpg|thumb|View from visitor centre]]
It has the largest collection of ducks, geese and swans in [[Ireland]]. In addition to the reserve, the site contains The Kingfisher Kitchen, gift and book shop, The Graffan Gallery, exhibition areas, [[Bird hide|hides]], woodland walks, sensory garden, events and activities, free parking, a picnic area<ref name="WW" /> and a reconstruction of a [[Crannog]], an ancient type of dwelling found in Scotland and Ireland from the [[Neolithic#Europe|European Neolithic Period]] to the early 18th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Crannóg, Castle Espie © Rossographer |url=https://www.geograph.ie/photo/1937101 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=geograph.ie |language=en}}</ref> The Visitor Centre features award-winning sustainable design including rain water harvesting, natural reed bed filtration systems for waste water, solar power and provides sweeping vistas of the northern shore of Strangford lough from the Kingfisher kitchen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=Sustainability |url=https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/castle-espie/experience/sustainability-at-castle-espie |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=WWT |language=en}}</ref>