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Blackpool Cork City a focus for Otters Lutra lutra and probable stress from

proposed flood relief scheme

D. Paddy Sleeman, Simon Harrison

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences,

University College Cork, Distillery Fields, Cork

Denise O’Meara, Catherine O’Reilly

Molecular Laboratory, Waterford Institute of Technology,

Cork Road, Waterford

1950 attitude to Otters

Changed attitudes to Otters

Tracks and spraints

DNA studies from spraints

Summary 2011-2012

The Future ?

• Re-survey of Blackpool area; winter-spring 2016, using GPS and digitial cameras, advised OPW, get local support, CCTV footage

• At UCC

References

• ANON (2011) Threat Response Plan Otter Lutre lutra 2009-2011. Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

• MACKLIN, R., BRAZIER, B & KAVANAGH, T., (2015) Lower River Lee Otter (Lutra lutra) survey 2014-2015.

• Office of Public Works, Ryan Hanley Engineers.

• O’LEARY, E.M., SLEEMAN, D.P. & HARRISON, S., (2006) Diet of urban otters Lutra lutra (L.). Irish Naturalists’ Journal28:259-260

• PETTIT, H., (1958) River of Life. The Eagle Annual No 8. page 142-145

• SLEEMAN, D.P., & MOORE, P., (2005) Otters (Lutra lutra) in Cork City. Irish Naturalists’ Journal 28: 73-79

• SLEEMAN, D.P., (2010) American mink (Mustela vison Schreber, 1777) in Cork City. Irish Naturalists’ Journal 31: 67-68

• WHITE, S., O’MEARA, D.B., SHORES, C., O’REILLY, C., HARRINGTON, A., WEYMAN, G., & SLEEMAN, D.P. (2013) A non-invasive genetic survey of otters (Lutra lutra) in an urban environment: A pilot study with citizen scientists. IUCN Otter Bulletin 30: 103-111

• VIANELLO, A., (Ed) (2015) Rivers in Prehistory. Archaeopress

• Email: p.sleeman@ucc.ie

• ORIGINS OF IRELANDS’ BIODIVERSITY OIB: Ulster Museum, Belfast. 3rd and 4th September 2016