AIE 081 2025
Under the AIE Regs to request
Copies of deer management plans for the following NPWS sites
- National Parks
- NPWS Nature Reserves
Please include any impact assessments, estimates of deer density/numbers, surveys, cull returns etc that would make up a deer management plan, where there is no single document available
Glenveagh National Park Woodland Management Strategy
A study and deer management plan for Glenveagh (Burkitt, 2017, 2018) reports deer densities of approximately 5.0–6.0 / km2 (range of 2.55 to 8.99 / km2).
A dedicated deer management team should be established within the Park with the sole purpose of implementing deer management, and having duties such as culling, monitoring, and maintaining fences. This should be made up of a minimum of 4 x full-time professional staff or Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs) which may include a combination of a greater number of staff with other duties.
Deer management is best practised at a landscape scale and agreements should be reached with neighbouring landowners to extend the deer management area outside the Park boundaries.
The Monitoring and Assessment of four EU Habitats Directive Annex I Woodland Habitats
Upland Deer Survey Killarney NP: late summer 2024
NPWS Deer cull 2023-2025 Killarney NP
NPWS Deer cull 2020-2025 Wicklow NP
Note: response only covers cull returns for Killarney and Wicklow NPs, e.g. no deer shot in Glenveagh NP
Includes no deer management plans, impact assessments or cull returns on other NPs or on any of the NPWS reserves, eg Dowth Hall demesne (Meath), Glen of the Downs (Wicklow), Wild Nephin (Mayo), Knocksink Wood Nature Reserve (Dublin), Glendalough Nature Reserve (Wicklow) etc are not listed in the
Schedule at all.
