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Bovine babesiosis and the cost of treatment increase the economic burden on farmers. To determine the presence of Babesia species in wild deer populations in the counties of Devon and Somerset, Southwest England, blood samples were collected from red (Cervus elaphus) and fallow (Dama dama) deer as part of routine deer management during late 2022 and early 2023. Extracted DNA samples were tested for the presence of piroplasm DNA by polymerase chain reaction. Amplicons were sequenced to identify the species present in samples based on single-nucleotide polymorphisms within the 18S rRNA gene. Two species of Babesia were detected: a B. divergens\/capreoli species detected in both red and fallow deer and a Babesia species related to B. odocoilei in a single fallow deer, a species that has been detected in deer across Great Britain. 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