Deer fencing system to save oaks

A NEW deer fencing system being erected in selected areas of Killarney National Park is aimed at saving and regenerating some of the country’s most famous oak woods.

The woods — the largest surviving examples of ancient native forests — are already under serious threat from rhododendron (rhodo) infestation.

But, the latest deer fencing system is intended to keep deer out of woodland areas that have already been cleared of the rhodo and thereby allow young oak and ash trees to grow on the woodland floor.