National Trust Freshfield : Sheep Field Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/31/2010
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Sheep Field is a small tupperware box near to a field north of Wicks Wood, often visited by sheep as part of costal management.
This cache is set with permission of the National Trust.Parking for the National Trust is at The National Trust Reserve, Victoria Road, Freshfield. There is a parking charge . It is also possible to park outside St Lukes Church Formby or considerately on roads approaching the Reserve in Freshfield. If you are local and able to walk to the caches all the better!

English Nature began grazing livestock on the Ainsdale Sand Dunes National Nature Reserve in January 1990 to help maintain the open dune landscape at the north of the site. Sefton Council and the National Trust as part of site management have also taken up grazing. Sefton Council's Coast and Countryside Service has introduced Lakeland Herdwick sheep to part of the Ainsdale and Birkdale Sandhills Local Nature Reserve and The National Trust as Formby Point now uses local lowland sheep to graze former asparagus fields to maintain them as dry grassland areas.Ainsdale Sand Dunes NNR and Cabin Hill NNR are currently grazed by Herdwick sheep . 275 sheep are brought from Wasdale in the Lake District each October by a National Trust tenant farmer. Being a hardy uplands breed they are able to cope admirably with the mild coastal climate and rough grazing of the dune vegetation. When they are returned to the fells in late April they are in better condition than those that have over wintered there.
Since January 2000, Sefton Council has grazed 7 hectares (17 acres) of their Ainsdale Sandhills LNR with 30 Herdwick sheep. English Nature staff have assisted Sefton Council Rangers with advice and movement of sheep to establish the 'export' of this management technique from the NNRs.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Dhrephf naq Pengnrthf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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