CBN 032 - Old Hall Marshes Nature Reserve Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 11/11/2011
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation Series


Placed with the kind permission of Essex Waterways. Please refer to the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation (GC37P3P) cache for more information on this walk along the canal.


Old Hall Marshes Nature Reserve contains extensive grazing marshes with brackish water fleets, reedbeds, saltmarsh and two off-shore islands covering 631 ha (1,560 acres).

In winter 4,000 brent geese feed on the pasture, with small flocks of ruffs and golden plovers. Thousands of wigeons, teals, shelducks, grey plovers, curlews, redshanks and dunlins frequent the marshes. Divers, grebes, goldeneys and occasional seaducks are seen in the estuarine channels. Short-eared owls, hen harriers, barn owls and merlins regularly hunt the reserve.

Breeding species include avocet, lapwing, redshank, pochard, shoveler and bearded tit. During migration, marsh harriers, wheatears, whinchats and waders such as whimbrels, godwits and stints can be seen.

The ancient grassland is characterised by thousands of anthills of the yellow meadow ant. The saltmarsh, seawall and brackish water ditches support many unusual plant assemblages and invertebrate communities. Twenty four species of butterfly have been recorded. Dragonflies include the scarce emerald damselfly and good numbers of ruddy darters.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

5 srrg hc oruvaq gerr

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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