Before setting up your experiment or course practical please be aware of ongoing field research at Silwood Park grounds.  The following list included marks and tags used by long and short-term experiments.

MarkLocationExperimentDurationDescription
 sign Nash's Field, Rookery slope, Heron's Brook Meadow, Church field, Oak wood meadow, Nursery Field. See the map of this locations Nash's Field (plots K-S)NutNet, BugNet  Permanent  Colour-coded metal rods marking plots location
Nash's Field post  Nash's Field Nash's Field (plots K-S) 
Permanent Wooden posts mark the corners of unfenced plots
 nest box Silwood Park woodland Monitoring of Blue tits nesting behaviour Permanent Nest boxes
 artificial pond Pound Hill Field Mesocosms Facility Permanent  Artificial ponds 
 tree marks Silwood Park woodland Monitoring of Blue tits nesting behaviour & Mouse project Permanent Metal and plastic tags on trees
 tape Silwood Park woodland Monitoring of Blue tits nesting behaviour Permanent Tape around tree trunks
 flag Nash's Copse Mouse project Permanent  Flag
fences Silwood Park grasslands Rabbit and deer exlosures Permanent Wire mesh
 trap station Nash's Copse Mouse project Permanent Wooden box set as trap shelter
reptile mats Nursery Field, Pond, and Nash's Field Reptile survey  Permanent Reptile mats
signs Gunnes's Hill

Root electrotropism

Ongoig Plastic signs, several colours
audiomoth Several places around Silwood Park

Sounds of Silwood

Annually: April - August Audiomoths
corner Several places around Silwood Park

Ecological Fractal Network

Permanent Red flags and corner markers of 50x50cm permanent plots
solar panel Gunnes's Hill

Acoustic monitoring

Ongoing BUGG acoustic device
LTE = Long-term experiment
Summary of the table's contents

 Please contact us with any question about these marks or experiments.