Lucy's Dump Traditional Cache
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This cache links in with Lucy's Walk and goes onto the Pickering's Meadow nature reserve.
I have no idea who or what Lucy was but this is her walk - very popular with dog owners and hence the cache name.
A really pleasant walk, with enclosed path and shallow watercourse - great for dogs and kids alike. Extremely well maintained (regular mowing).
Pickering’s Meadow, given to the Lincolnshire Trust by an Elsie Pickering, together with the Watts Wood and Monks Wood projects put this area fairly and squarely on the map with regards to natural history, nature conservation and public access to open areas. The reserve has been managed for over 20 years though not without the odd struggle; Star Energy wanted to erect seven huge wind turbines along Ashing Lane, and then wanted to create a high pressure gas storage area under the villages of Welton, Dunholme Scothern and Sudbrooke.
The meadow has been very productive for wildlife over the years. There is a large colony of newts in the pond and surrounding dykes. This colony has progressively expanded, and it has been noted that some ex-residents of the pond have been identified in Scothern and as far as Dunholme village and Stainfield Beck.
There have also been long eared owls and barn owls in the meadow, a resident family of tree sparrows in the area for over 20 years, bullfinches, yellowhammers, linnets, chaffinches, hedge sparrows and woodcock have all been sighted and recorded. Snipe, black tailed godwit, kestrel and sparrow hawk are regular visitors too, as is a famed kingfisher, which patrols the beck between the by-pass and Reseby, particularly in the spring and summer. The odd trout has been seen in the beck too, indicating the purity of the beck water.
Access is either from A46 (careful crossing road to footpath) or from Ashing Lane carpark.
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