Field signs and markings
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.
Mark | Location | Experiment | Duration | Description |
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Nash's Field, Rookery slope, Heron's Brook Meadow, Church field, Oak wood meadow. See the iron rods map (PDF, 650KB) | LTE: Nash's Field (plots K-S) & NutNet | Permanent | Colour-coded metal rods marking plots location |
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Nash's Field | LTE: Nash's Field (plots K-S) |
Permanent | Wooden posts mark the corners of unfenced plots |
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Several around Silwood Park | LTE: Monitoring of Blue tits nesting behaviour | Permanent | Nest boxes |
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Pound Hill Field | LTE: Pond mesocosm | Permanent | Artificial ponds |
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Several around Silwood Park | LTE: Monitoring of Blue tits nesting behaviour & mouse project | Permanent | Metal and plastic tags on trees |
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Several around Silwood Park | LTE: Monitoring of Blue tits nesting behaviour | Permanent | Tape around tree trunks |
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Nash's Copse | LTE: Mouse project | Permanent | Flag |
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Around Silwood | LTE: Nash's Field (plots K-S), (plots A-F) & NutNet, Rabbit exclosures, Pound Hill disturbance timing experiment | Permanent | Wire mesh |
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Nash's Copse | LTE: Mouse trapping network used by former Mouse project | Permanent | Wooden box set as trap shelter |
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Nursery Field, Pond Field, and several other locations | Reptile survey | Annually: July-October | Reptile mats |
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Merten's Acres, Gunnes Hill |
Below-ground carbon stocks (field practical) |
Annually: July-November | Soil mesh cores |
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Several locations |
Invertebrate Survey |
Ongoing | Car tyres |
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Hill bottom, Gunnes's Hill |
Root electrotropism |
Ongoig | Plastic signs, several colours |
LTE = Long-term experiment |
Please contact us with any question about these marks or experiments.