PHEASANT TRAIL #2 THE WOODCOCK Traditional Cache
ROSE-&-THISTLE: 3 years, time to go
PHEASANT TRAIL #2 THE WOODCOCK
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This cache has been placed for the Ayrshire Meet 2010, as part of
the pheasant trail around newfieldmains estate. There are 5 caches
in all, and all can be accessed from the country lane starting at
the off road car parking:
N55 34.770 W004 35.135. The other caches in the trail are:
#1 PHEASANT
#3 TEAL
#4 SNIPE
#5 PIGEON
Woodcock have stocky bodies, cryptic brown and blackish plumage and
long slender bills. Their eyes are located on the sides of their
heads, which gives them 360° vision. Unlike in most birds, the tip
of the bill's upper mandible is flexible. As their common name
implies, the woodcocks are woodland birds. They feed at night or in
the evenings, searching for invertebrates in soft ground with their
long bills. This habit and their unobtrusive plumage makes it
difficult to see them when they are resting in the day. Most have
distinctive displays known as "roding", usually given at dawn or
dusk. All woodcock are popular game birds. The pin feathers of the
woodcock are much esteemed as brushtips by artists, who use them
for fine painting work. The pin feather is the most recently formed
feather and found at the joint in the middle of the wing. Now for
the cache; it can be found where the woodcock may be resting during
the day.
FTF: congratulations to MRS DOG
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
haqre n gerr, anghenyyl
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