For more information see the Bonus cache listing GC2AYCC or the first in the series GC2AYAC
Westhay Moor.....
Set in the heart of the Somerset levels, Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve is home to otters, carnivorous plants and up to 8 million starlings.
With its dense reed beds, abundant foliage and wide lakes, Westhay Moor is an unusual place, almost a hybrid of land and sea. The 250 acre reserve is one of 80 sites managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. The Trust acquired the site in segments, commencing in 1970. At that time its landscape had been severely damaged by industrial peat cutting and agriculture.
One of the most remarkable aspects of Westhay is the annual arrival of up 8 million starlings who take refuge in its reed beds.
This spectacle is proving increasingly popular with visitors; a slightly mixed blessing as the site has limited parking and the Trust is currently considering the most efficient way to accommodate this annual influx of human and avian life. When to see the starlings... October and November about an hour before sunset.
The Cache...
While everyone is looking up at the sky, you could quickly grab this cache. Another magnet to find.
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