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.

Summary of the table's contents

Mark	Location	Experiment	Duration	Description
	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	Nash's Field (plots K-S)	Permanent	Wooden posts mark the corners of unfenced plots
	Silwood Park woodland	Monitoring of Blue tits nesting behaviour	Permanent	Nest boxes
	Pound Hill Field	Mesocosms Facility	Permanent	Artificial ponds
	Silwood Park woodland	Monitoring of Blue tits nesting behaviour & Mouse project	Permanent	Metal and plastic tags on trees
	Silwood Park woodland	Monitoring of Blue tits nesting behaviour	Permanent	Tape around tree trunks
	Nash's Copse	Mouse project	Permanent	Flag
	Silwood Park grasslands	Rabbit and deer exlosures	Permanent	Wire mesh
	Nash's Copse	Mouse project	Permanent	Wooden box set as trap shelter
	Nursery Field, Pond, and Nash's Field	Reptile survey	Permanent	Reptile mats
	Gunnes's Hill	Root electrotropism	Ongoig	Plastic signs, several colours
	Several places around Silwood Park	Sounds of Silwood	Annually: April - August	Audiomoths
	Several places around Silwood Park	Ecological Fractal Network	Permanent	Red flags and corner markers of 50x50cm permanent plots
	Gunnes's Hill	Acoustic monitoring	Ongoing	BUGG acoustic device
LTE = Long-term experiment

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