Farm View Traditional Cache
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64 acre farm set amid rolling drumlin countryside at the southern tip of the Ards Peninsula, beside the Ballyquintin Point National Nature Reserve.
This National Trust property is located in one of the most secluded parts of Northern Ireland and is great for walking with stunning views of the Strangford Narrows, across to the Isle of Man, and of the Lecale coast stretching south towards the Mourne Mountains.
The land is let for farming and is managed to provide habitats suitable for the Irish Hare and a number of species of bird that are declining nationally. An increase in the quality and quantity of the hedgegrows is particularly important towards achieving this aim. The 180 acre National Nature Reserve at Ballyquintin Point is a fine example of a 'raised beach'. Species to be seen here include Brent Geese, Shelduck, Redshank, Greenshank, Oystercatcher, Cormorant, Curlew and Dunlin, with many summer visitors feeding offshore and in the fields. Watch out also for seals in the sea and Irish hares in the fields!
How to get there: From Portaferry head south along the Bar Hall road, which runs along the eastern shore of the lough. Ballyquintin is on first turning on right, 3 miles from Portaferry. The site is free and open dawn to dusk.
The cache is a 200ml snap lock container containing log and a pencil had no swapsies with me.
Cache placed with permission from The National Trust.
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