Client: National Parks & Wildlife Service

BEC Consultants carried out a habitat survey and prepared a habitat map for Killarney National Park during 2007. The map for this internationally important area will be used by National Parks & Wildlife (NPWS) staff for the conservation management of the National Park. The map provides information on the location and extent of all habitats within the Park, with particular emphasis given to areas of high conservation value and EU Annex I habitats in particular.

The survey included the use of aerial photographs, field survey work and existing information from published and unpublished surveys and reports. Consultation with Park staff, local ecologists and national experts from NPWS and Trinity College Dublin was also an important part of this project. The field survey was carried out according to the habitat descriptions given in Fossitt (2000) with notes made on sightings of mammals and birds and on the location of invasive species. The habitat map has been prepared in ArcGIS.