National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS): Recent submissions

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    • The monitoring and assessment of six EU Habitats Directive Annex I Marine Habitats 

      Scally, Louise; Pfeiffer, Nick; Hewitt, Elizabeth (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2020-01)
      This report presents details of a monitoring survey to assess the conservation status of six marine Annex I habitats conducted between 2016 and 2018. This included Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all ...

    • Terrestrial Mammals 

      Marnell, Ferdia; Looney, Declan; Lawton, Colin (National Parks and Wildlife Service, ireland, 2019-12)
      A new Red List of Irish terrestrial mammals is presented. This updates and supersedes the Red List published in 2009. All 27 terrestrial species native to Ireland or naturalised in Ireland before 1500 are assessed. The ...

    • Monitoring of the Annex V Clubmoss group (Lycopodium spp.) in Ireland 2015-2018 

      O'Neill, Fionnuala H.; Long, Maria P.; Hodd, Rory L. (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2020-01-09)
      This report presents details of a monitoring survey conducted between 2015 and 2018 to assess the conservation status of the Habitats Directive Annex V species group Lycopodiumspp. (EU code 1413). In Ireland,this is ...

    • Stoneflies (Plecoptera) 

      Feeley, Hugh B.; Baars, Jan-Robert; Kelly-Quinn, Mary; Nelson, Brian (National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2020-01)
      Executive Summary: Based on just over 12,000 records for the island of Ireland, the 20 species of stonefly (Plecoptera) on the Irish checklist were evaluated against the Red List criteria produced by the International Union ...

    • Checklists Protected and Threatened Species in Ireland 

      Nelson, Brian; Cummins, Sinéad; Fay, Loraine; Jeffrey, Rebecca; Kelly, Seán; Kingston, Naomi; Lockhart, Neil; Marnell, Ferdia; Tierney, David; Wyse Jackson, Mike (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-12)
      This volume provides checklists of the plant and animal species that are afforded legal protection in Ireland, through the Nature Directives (Birds and Habitat Directives), and the Wildlife Acts and associated Statutory ...

    • Carriggower Bog SAC 000716 

      Jeffrey, Rebecca (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-12)

    • Countryside Bird Survey : Status and Trends of Common and Widespread Breeding Birds 1998-2016 

      Lewis, Lesley; Coombes, Dick; Burke, Brian; O'Halloran, John; Walsh, Alyn; Tierney, David; Cummins, Sinéad (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-12)
      The Countryside Bird Survey (CBS) is an annual survey that tracks the breeding populations of Ireland’s common and widespread birds. This on-going survey is underpinned by the efforts of around 200 field surveyors, mostly ...

    • Blackstairs Mountains SAC 000770 

      Jeffrey, Rebecca (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-11-29)

    • The Status of Ireland’s Breeding Seabirds: Birds Directive Article 12 Reporting 2013 - 2018 

      Cummins, Sinéad; Lauder, Claire; Lauder, Alan; Tierney, David (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-11)
      Every summer approximately one half to three-quarters of a million seabirds congregate in colonies across Ireland to start their breeding season. Their preferred breeding habitats are principally found on mainland cliffs ...

    • Bellacorick Iron Flush SAC 000466 

      Jeffrey, Rebecca (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-11-14)

    • Cloonee and Inchiquin Loughs, Uragh Wood SAC 001342 

      Jeffrey, Rebecca (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-11-14)

    • National Hare Survey & Population Assessment 2017-2019 

      McGowan, Natasha E.; McDermott, Neal; Stone, Richard; Lysaght, Liam; Dingerkus, S. Karina; Caravaggi, Anthony; Kerr, Ian; Reid, Neil (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-11)
      The Irish Hare (Lepus timidus hibernicus) isan endemic sub-species of the Mountain Hare (L. timidus) and the only lagomorph native to Ireland. There is an invasive population of non-native European Brown Hare (Lepus ...

    • Results of a monitoring survey of the Annex II species Saxifraga hirculus (Marsh Saxifrage) in Ireland 2015–2018 

      O'Neill, Fionnuala; Hodd, Rory; Long, Maria (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-10)
      This report presents details of a monitoring survey conducted between 2015 and 2018 to assess the conservation status of the Annex II species Saxifraga hirculus (Marsh Saxifrage) (EU code 1528). The aims of ...

    • Aerial thermal-imaging survey of seals in Ireland 2017 to 2018 

      Morris, Chris; Duck, Callan (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-10)
      In August of 2017 and 2018, the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) of the University of St Andrews carried out an aerial thermal-imaging survey of Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina vitulina) and Grey Seal (Halichoerus ...

    • Mocorha Lough SAC 001536 

      Jeffrey, Rebecca (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-10-04)

    • The monitoring and assessment of Hamatocaulis vernicosus (Slender Green feather-moss) in the Republic of Ireland 2015-2017 

      Campbell, Christina; Hodd, Rory; O'Neill, Fionnuala (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-10)

    • The monitoring and assessment of Petalophyllum ralfsii (Petalwort) in the Republic of Ireland 2016–2018 

      Campbell, Christina; Hodd, Rory; O'Neill, Fionnuala (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-10)
      This report presents details of a monitoring survey conducted between February 2016 and May 2018 to assess the conservation status of the EU Annex II species Petalophyllum ralfsii, commonly known as Petalwort, a thallose ...

    • Natterjack Toad (Epidalea calamita) Monitoring and Conservation Status 2016-2018 

      Reyne, Marina; Aubry, Aurélie; Martin, Yvette; Helyar, Sarah; Emmerson, Mark; Reid, Neil (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-10)
      The current report represents the outcome of a three-year survey from 2016-18 of the Natterjack Toad (Epidalea calamita) population in Ireland. The goal was to provide information for the assessment of the conservation ...

    • Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2017- 2018 

      Brophy, John T.; Perrin, Philip M.; Penk, Marcin R.; Devaney, Fiona M.; Leyden, Kristi J. (National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-09)
      This report presents details of a monitoring survey conducted in the period 2017-2018 to assess the conservation status of four EU Habitats Directive Annex I saltmarsh habitats: Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud ...

    • Blackwater River (Kerry) SAC 002173 

      Jeffrey, Rebecca (National Parks and Wildlife Service. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, ireland, 2019-09-10)