Land mammals
Irish checklist:
No up to date checklist, but a recent list of known Irish mammals in:
Marnell, F., Kingston, N. & Looney, D., 2009. Ireland Red List No. 3: Terrestrial Mammals, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.
Number of land mammal species:
25
Primary sources of distribution data:
- NPWS: Badger and Habitats Survey of Ireland*
- NPWS: Hare Survey of Ireland (2006-2007)*
- NPWS: Pine Marten Database*
- NPWS: Otter Survey of Ireland (1982)*
- NPWS: Otter Survey of Ireland (2004-2005)*
- COFORD: Irish Squirrel Survey (2007)*
- Dr. Declan O’ Mahony: National Pine Marten Survey of Ireland (2005-2007)*
- Daniel J. Buckley: National Feral Ferret (Mustela putoris furo) Database*
- National Museum of Ireland: Irish Deer Database*
- Dr. Neil Reid: Northern Ireland European Hare Survey (2005)*
- Biology.ie Road Kill Survey*
- Irish National Badger Sett Database** (Wildlife Unit of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)
- National Biodiversity Data Centre: Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-15*
- JNCC: European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) Cetacean sightings 1980-2003*
- Dr. Emma Sheehy & Dr. Colin Lawton: Hazel Dormouse in Ireland 2010-2014*
Data is currently being collated and consolidated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre as part of an Atlas of Mammals in Ireland initiative.
**A subcomponent of the badger sett database is held by the National Biodiversity Data Centre and made accessible through Biodiversity Maps.
National conservation assessment:
- Article 17 reporting – 3 species listed in EU Habitats Directive: NPWS, 2013.The Status of EU Protected Habitats and Species in Ireland. Volume 3, Version 1.0. Unpublished Report, National Parks and Wildlife Serivce. Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin. Ireland.
- Article 17 reporting – 3 species listed in EU Habitats Directive: National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2008. The status of EU Protected Habitats and Species in Ireland. NPWS, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin.
- Marnell, F., Kingston, N. & Looney, D., 2009. Ireland Red List No. 3: Terrestrial Mammals, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.
Monitoring or repeat surveys in place:
- National Otter Survey (National Parks and Wildlife Service)
- National Pine Marten Survey (National Parks and Wildlife Service)
- National Hare Survey (National Parks and Wildlife Service)
- Ongoing Badger Sett Surveys (Wildlife Unit of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)