What is Expert Wildlife?
A bespoke ecological consultancy for wildlife MANAGEMENT, monitoring, and conservation
Understanding wildlife is more than meets the eye, and relies on foundational wildlife management and conservation sciences. But this expertise is severely lacking in Ireland, which underwrites both environmental and land management issues.
This is where Expert Wildlife comes in – a consultancy ready to assist with today’s pressing wildlife issues using the most modern and applied approaches.
Dr. Adam F. Smith
Wildlife ecologist and FOUNDER
Adam has over 10 years combined experience in the academic and practical conservation sectors. A wildlife ecologist by trade, he has a BSc in Zoology and an MSc in Wildlife Ecology and Behaviour from University College Dublin. He then spent 5 years in mainland Europe, working with large mammals in landscape-scale conservation projects in some of Europe’s wildest places with an international conservation organisation. In the meantime, Adam completed a PhD in Nature Conservation with the University of Freiburg.
Adam is currently part of the Laboratory of Wildlife Ecology and Behaviour in University College Dublin.
In 2025, Adam founded Expert Wildlife as a way to bring his expertise home to Ireland.
Why Expert Wildlife?
COMBINING the practical with the technological
At Expert Wildlife, we value innovation to deliver impact. Using science-based methods such as camera traps, thermal drones, and satellite remote sensing to gather the data and evidence needed to take the right steps forward in practical and sustainable wildlife management.
F.A.Q.
Frequently Asked Questions
This our core expertise. Deer are protected wild mammals and undertaking deer management without the appropriate knowledge and licensing may be illegal. However, we can provide impact assessments, licensing applications, hunting management plans, link landowners to hunters, and do damage mitigation.
Because of the dynamic needs that every client or partner has, we do not have standardised fees. We guarantee a bespoke arrangement for everyone, that balances value, transparency, and results.
We have done this before in certain situations, but the timing and context are important. Please contact us for a discussion that allows us to find an arrangement that works for everyone.
Always! We are happy to talk to anyone, from the public to the highest government officials, and all media outlets. It is part of our responsibility as wildlife managers and scientists to communicate openly about wildlife management and conservation.
The conclusions drawn by a wildlife ecologist with technical expertise and experience to conduct appropriate surveys will be different than the conclusions reached by a DIY attempt. Wildlife management is extremely complex, and the right expertise saves time and money and effort in the long term.
Yes! These and more are possible. Please get in touch with the specific details and we will get back to you with a quotation.
As early as possible. Commonly, projects run into roadblocks after some time because they have not considered appropriate strategic planning and matched appropriate indicators to outcomes. We can help plan data collection to help track your impact and underline that your efforts in conservation mean real change.