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Mammal Survey

  • 21-01-2008 3:10pm
    #1
    Irishmammals
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭


    I would appreciate it if people could report any mammal sightings on www.irishmammals.ie, it would really help me out.


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  • #2
    IPNA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭IPNA


    Thanks for putting this out. I will certainly send in any animals that I see.

    The question that I have is this: As a wildlife tracker, can I submit animal data from only a track? Or, are you only looking for live sightings?


  • #3
    Irishmammals
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭Irishmammals


    I will accept any form of sighting that is made. This can include a live sighting, tracks, faeces, road kill, burrows, dens, etc. I am also interested in any old sightings that you may have recorded.
    P.S. Thanks for the help.


  • #4
    sesswhat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭sesswhat


    IPNA wrote: »
    Thanks for putting this out. I will certainly send in any animals that I see.

    The question that I have is this: As a wildlife tracker, can I submit animal data from only a track? Or, are you only looking for live sightings?

    You can specify on the form!


  • #5
    myjugsarehuge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭myjugsarehuge


    Do our sightings get recorded OK? I reported a bank vole sighting just and there is always a "ad" thing that pops up after you press submit, you don't get confirmation that your information has been recorded. I always worry that when I click on the X to delete this ad that my information hasn't been stored? Just me worrying I guess.


  • #6
    Kaldorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 299 ✭✭Kaldorn


    no you didnt,there are no voles in ireland


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  • #7
    boneless
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭boneless


    Kaldorn wrote: »
    no you didnt,there are no voles in ireland

    Actually, bank voles were introduced to Ireland in the 1940's and 1950's. I don't know what the population is now but they are supposed to be fairly common around the Cork/Waterford area.


  • #8
    myjugsarehuge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭myjugsarehuge


    Kaldorn wrote: »
    no you didnt,there are no voles in ireland

    Sorry wrong, try checking this link out http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2907.1984.tb00340.x

    It was running around my empty vegetable peeling bucket trying to jump out then it gave up and started washing itself - really cute.

    Before you make the comment - it definitely wasn't a baby rat. We had a rat problem last year and I've caught and disposed of enough dead baby rats in from the traps to get a good look at them. This was definitely a vole, flattened face with tiny ears and a much shorter tail. The only vole in Ireland is the bank vole so that is what it was.


  • #9
    boneless
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭boneless


    That's a good link! Thanks! ^^


  • #10
    Kaldorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 299 ✭✭Kaldorn


    sorry about that i stand corrected id love to see one,maybe i could get a breeding pair and introduce them to the east they could meet in athlone


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