Flawed 'n' Found Multi-Cache

Flordon Common is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is registered as common land. It is situated in the valley of the River Tas on shallow fenland peats.

South Norfolk Council manage this site in partnership with the Parish Council, Graziers Committee and English Nature. I would like to thank Mike Bentley of South Norfolk Council for giving permission to place this cache.

The above co-ordinates are for the start of this pleasant 1½ mile walk along footpaths and quiet country lanes. The final cache can be found at:-

N 52 31.901

E 001 12.657

When you are getting close to the cache please go past the 'goal posts' before approaching the area.

Due to the nature of the walk the area will be very muddy in places after rain.

The walk passes through a calcareous spring fed fen,  which has been created when springs emerge from the valley's sides bearing base-rich waters from the underlying chalk below, creating a rare habitat. This calcareous spring fed fen is one of the best examples in Norfolk.  On the higher area of the fen there is unimproved pasture which includes a number of species characteristic of chalk grassland.

Plants that you might find along the walk include:-

Plants found in the wetter parts of  the fen
Bog Rush		Blunt Flowered Rush		Butterwort		Bog Pimpernel
Fragrant Orchid		Narrow Leafed Marsh Orchid		Marsh Helleborine		Bog Moss
Reed		Panicled Sedge		Yellow Flag Iris		Water Mint
Plants found in the drier parts of the fen
Purple Moor-grass		Bluntflowered Rush		Sedge		Southern Marsh Orchid
Ragged Robin		Marsh Valerian		Marsh Arrow-grass		Twayblade
Sheep’s Fescue		Quaking Grass		Yorkshire Fog		Brown Bent-grass
Cowslip		Yellow Rattle		Hoary Plantain		Adder’s Tongue
Bee Orchid
The very rare Narrow-mouthed Whorl Snail, Vertigo angustior, has been recorded on the site.						But is this the elusive snail?

If you find any of these plants please either take a picture or note it in your log.  Thankyou.