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Nice to be back in the Wicklow hills 🇮🇪 Chatting deer with old friends and of course seeing deer too!

The public are reminded not to feed the wild #deer this festive season ! Families visiting the park for #Christmas can view a special 'Deer in the City' exhibition at the visitor centre & even post a letter to #Rudolf himself ! #Safetyb4Selfies Lab of Wildlife Ecology & Behaviour Heritage Ireland

What happens when we feed urban deer? 🦌 Research presented at #BES2023 by Jane Faull explored the consequences of fallow deer in Dublin’s Phoenix Park begging for food.

Jane Faull Jane Faull's research built on previous research published in Journal of Animal Ecology that found that feeding fallow deer in Phoenix Park was driving artificial selection of harassment behaviour. Find out more👇 buff.ly/41uq5vA

Pine martens caught on camera playing on children's swingset in Ardnamurchan, Scotland. The owner of the video, Les Humphreys, tells us this is a nightly occurence in his garden. Credit: Les Humphreys, Ardnamurchan Wildlife Watch Facebook Group #pinemarten #wildlifephotography

Online #OpenSeminar coming up! For #InternationalWomensDay, Virginia Morera-Pujol Virginia Morera-Pujol will enlighten us with #Bayesian species distribution modelling #sdm 🗺️🦡 #conservation #wildlife #wildlifemanagement #science Get your link via DM for Friday, March 8th, 11 AM CET✉️

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Do roads elicit similar responses across species? We found changes in movement and #habitatselection in relation to roads are consistent among large #mammals within the same area. Bastianelli et al., out now in Oikos nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/oi…

Great interview on RTÉ News this morning with Jane Faull from Lab of Wildlife Ecology & Behaviour Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc UCD Science on deer in the Phoenix Park - wonderful to hear such passion for science early in the morning!

🥪🦌 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘅 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 The public's feeding of deer in Phoenix Park is causing health and behavioural issues, according to research by University College Dublin. Stags fed by people are

The Office of Public Works & Kieran O’Donnell TD for Limerick City Constituency launches a campaign in Phoenix Park to stop harmful deer feeding. UCD reports that feeding disrupts their natural behaviour and health. More info👉cutt.ly/depVSTNQ #DontFeedTheDeer #KeepWildlifeWild

People ask to stop feeding Phoenix Park deer over health and safety fears dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-ne…

Phoenix Park deer experiencing health and behvioural issues due to public feeding extra.ie/2024/06/18/new…

Deer could become ‘like seagulls’ if people keep feeding them - Campaign newstalk.com/news/deer-coul… via NewstalkFM

People Urged Not To Feed The Deer In Phoenix Park 98fm.com/news/people-ur… via 98FM

Phoenix Park deers’ behaviour ‘altered by people feeding them chocolate and crisps’ irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin…

Public urged to stop feeding deer at Phoenix Park amid ongoing ‘health and behavioural issues’ independent.ie/regionals/dubl…

People feeding Phoenix Park deer causing 'health issues' rte.ie/news/ireland/2… via RTÉ

Go check out this attempt by a Catalan seabird person to write about Irish mammals. What could possibly go wrong?

Happy holidays to all wildlife lovers! Looking forward to posting more about our research in 2025! We now are also on bsky @ucdwildlife.bsky.social