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Baseline deer impact risk maps for woodlands in England and Wales

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
Topic
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Summary

These datasets each contain maps showing predicted risk of deer impact to woodlands across England and Wales. The "small deer impact risk" map shows impact risk from roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), Reeve's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) and Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis). The "large deer impact risk" map shows impact risk from red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon) and fallow deer (Dama dama). The values in the "mean_risk" column are impact risk scores predicted at 25-m pixel resolution, then averaged to woodland polygons. The pixel-level scores were calculated using Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) models, co-developed with scientists and deer managers using iterative expert elicitation. This work was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant: NE/X003973/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/1c6f1763-68d7-481b-983b-a0d061a82163

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
24 July 2026
Harvest GUID
1c6f1763-68d7-481b-983b-a0d061a82163
Extent (Latitude)
56.047° to 49.525°
Extent (Longitude)
-6.943° to 2.197°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2026-03-16
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Gresham, A., Grainger, M., Guy, M., Rattey, A., Bellamy, C., Spake, R. (2026). Baseline deer impact risk maps for woodlands in England and Wales. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/1c6f1763-68d7-481b-983b-a0d061a82163
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, custodian); University of Reading (owner); University of Southampton (owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng