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<p>Silwood Park is recognized as an important refuge for wildlife. The campus fields include several Priority Habitats like Lowland decidious and Wet woodlands, traditional orchards, and Wood pastures and Parkland. The latter, particularly valued by the amount of veteran and ancient trees, support an incredible number of rare species of insects, lichens and fungi that depend on decaying wood. Priority Habitats were identified as being the most threatened and requiring conservation action under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (1994-2012) (<a title="UK BAP link opens in a new window" href=" http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-5155" target="_blank">UK BAP</a>). Zones with a high density of priority habitats and that offer the highest opportunity for restoration are identified as the most important for wildlife and grouped in the so called Biodiversity Opportunity Areas (BOAs). Silwood Park along with Windsor Great Park is one of the <a title="29 BOAs link opens in a new window" href="http://berkshirelnp.org/index.php/windsor-great-park-and-woodlands-including-silwood-park" target="_blank">29 BOAs</a> in Berkshire county and is the heart of the <a href="/visit/campuses/silwood-park/research/silwood-park-biodiversity/sunnighill-and-ascot-green-corridors/">wildlife corridors</a> for the surounding villages.</p> <p>Since 2004 the campus fields are also one of Berkshire's <a href="https://www.tverc.org/cms/content/local-wildlife-sites" target="_blank">Local Wildlife Sites</a>, which along with other areas creates a networks of habitats that provide refuge for flora and fauna and help preserve rare or threatened species. The Thames Valley Environmental Records Center (<a title="TVERC" href=" http://www.tverc.org/cms/">TVERC</a>) review and survey LWS regularly and keeps the record of the species found. Silwood is home of several habitats and species considered scarce, vulnerable, or that need protection under several national and international conservation schemes (e.g. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Section 41 of the 2006 Natural Environment and Rural Communities, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species).  These include <a href="https://www.onezoom.org/life/@Anguis_fragilis=449663" target="_blank">slow worms</a>, <a href="https://www.onezoom.org/life/@Natrix_natrix=1010557?img=best_any&anim=flight#x900,y344,w0.7019" target="_blank">grass snakes</a>, <a href="https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0021004282" target="_blank">linnets</a>, <a href="https://www.onezoom.org/life/@Dendrocopos_minor=701710?img=best_any&anim=flight#x904,y326,w0.7019" target="_blank">lesser spotted woodpekers</a>, <a href="https://www.onezoom.org/life/@Spergula_arvensis=197647?img=best_any&anim=flight#x324,y308,w0.7019" target="_blank">corn spurrey</a>, an many other plant and insect species. </p> <p><a href="/visit/campuses/silwood-park/research/field-experiments/">Contact us</a> if you want to explore Silwood Park natural beauty or get involved in conservation activities with the local environmental group <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/wildlifeinascot/" target="_blank">Wildlife in Ascot</a>. </p> </div><div class="row thumb carousel"> <div class="col lg-12 media-item thumb carousel"> <h2 class="sr-only">Silwood biodiversity carrusel</h2> <div class="col lg-3 sm-12 intro"> <p>Find here the habitats and species that make Silwood Park a remarkable natural reserve and an exceptional place to live and work.</p> </div><div class="col lg-9 sm-12"> <div class="carousel-wrap" data-aria="Silwood biodiversity carrusel"> <div class="items">   <div class="item"> <a href="/visit/campuses/silwood-park/research/silwood-park-biodiversity/annuals/" class="outer"> <img srcset="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/194x167/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/Pound-Hill-arable_June17--tojpeg_1503658807103_x4.jpg 1x, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/388x334/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/Pound-Hill-arable_June17--tojpeg_1503658807103_x4.jpg 2x, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/776x668/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/Pound-Hill-arable_June17--tojpeg_1503658807103_x4.jpg 3x" alt="Pound hill field" src="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/194x167/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/Pound-Hill-arable_June17--tojpeg_1503658807103_x4.jpg"> <div class="inner"> <h3 class="fake-h4">Managed fields</h3> <p>Find out how we maintain a high diversity of annual plants in our fields</p> </div> </a> </div>   <div class="item"> <a href="/visit/campuses/silwood-park/research/field-experiments/" class="outer"> <img srcset="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/194x167/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/PoundHill-Dis_june2016_3--tojpeg_1496150485453_x4.jpg 1x, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/388x334/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/PoundHill-Dis_june2016_3--tojpeg_1496150485453_x4.jpg 2x, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/776x668/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/PoundHill-Dis_june2016_3--tojpeg_1496150485453_x4.jpg 3x" alt="field experiments" src="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/194x167/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/PoundHill-Dis_june2016_3--tojpeg_1496150485453_x4.jpg"> <div class="inner"> <h3 class="fake-h4">Field experiments</h3> <p>Learn about our current field experiments and how to apply to access the field for new research projects</p> </div> </a> </div>   <div class="item"> <a href="/visit/campuses/silwood-park/research/silwood-park-biodiversity/sunnighill-and-ascot-green-corridors/" class="outer"> <img srcset="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/194x167/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/Lycaena_phlaeas_2017_2--tojpeg_1556006747212_x4.jpg 1x, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/388x334/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/Lycaena_phlaeas_2017_2--tojpeg_1556006747212_x4.jpg 2x, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/776x668/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/Lycaena_phlaeas_2017_2--tojpeg_1556006747212_x4.jpg 3x" alt="butterfly" src="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/194x167/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/Lycaena_phlaeas_2017_2--tojpeg_1556006747212_x4.jpg"> <div class="inner"> <h3 class="fake-h4">Green Corridors</h3> <p>Learn how we are teaming with the community to enhance our parish Green Infrastructure</p> </div> </a> </div>   <div class="item"> <a href="/visit/campuses/silwood-park/research/silwood-park-biodiversity/species-records/" class="outer"> <img srcset="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/194x167/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/PFN_13_070917_2-copy--tojpeg_1591371520456_x4.jpg 1x, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/388x334/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/PFN_13_070917_2-copy--tojpeg_1591371520456_x4.jpg 2x, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/776x668/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/PFN_13_070917_2-copy--tojpeg_1591371520456_x4.jpg 3x" alt="slow worm" src="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/194x167/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/PFN_13_070917_2-copy--tojpeg_1591371520456_x4.jpg"> <div class="inner"> <h3 class="fake-h4">Species records</h3> <p>Find out which species have been recorded in Silwood grounds</p> </div> </a> </div>   <div class="item"> <a href="/visit/campuses/silwood-park/research/silwood-park-biodiversity/silwood-orchard/" class="outer"> <img srcset="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/194x167/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/May2017_2--tojpeg_1496155188057_x4.jpg 1x, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/388x334/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/May2017_2--tojpeg_1496155188057_x4.jpg 2x, https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/776x668/filters:upscale()/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/May2017_2--tojpeg_1496155188057_x4.jpg 3x" alt="field experiments" src="https://pxl-imperialacuk.terminalfour.net/fit-in/194x167/prod01/channel_3/media/migration/visit/May2017_2--tojpeg_1496155188057_x4.jpg"> <div class="inner"> <h3 class="fake-h4">Ashurst orchard</h3> <p>Explore here about Silwood's traditional orchard and its value to local diversity</p> </div> </a> </div>  </div> </div>  </div> </div> </div>  </div> <section class="supplementary-content row"> <div 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