Natter, Natter, Natter Traditional Cache
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I walk through these dunes almost everyday with my dogs and thought this would be a great area for my first cache. I have marked the cache as a 2.5 terrain difficulty as some of the path is on quite deep sand so wouldnt be suitable for pushchairs, wheelchairs or bicycles. You will need to bring a pen.
Ainsdale and Birkdale Sandhills is one of the largest areas of wild duneland left in Britain. The reserve was set up in 1980 and now covers some 280ha of open dunes, including Falklands Way and the developing 'Green Beach' at Birkdale.
The reserve is typical of a classic sand dune system with its high dune ridges, dune valleys and slacks which contain many unusual plants and animals, including Britains rarest amphibian the Natterjack Toad. The Natterjack Toad can be distinguished from the Common Toad by the yellow stripe running down its back.
During spring and early summer evenings, the croaking calls of the male Natterjacks at breeding pools may be heard ringing around the dunes, this nocturnal chorus has led to there being known locally as 'Birkdale Nightingales'.
Whilst doing this cache you can help with conservation by observing a few simple rules:
1, Please keep dogs under close control or on leads and please clean up there mess.
2, Please do not disturb the wildlife, keep people and dogs out of the slacks (breeding pools) in spring and summer.
3, Do not pick flowers.
4, Do not remove spawn or tadpoles from the pools.
5, No fires or camping
6, Please take any litter with you, there are bins at the car park and on the beach.
This walk can be enjoyed throughout the day and is especially nice in the early summer evenings. Ainsdale beach is just a short walk over the dunes so you can easily make it a day out with a picnic and a paddle in the sea whilst grabbing this cache.
The cache is located along the path lined with white tipped wooden marker posts if you start at the car park, or you can follow Pinfold path/Green marker posts if you come in from Pinfold Lane end.
Cache placed with the kind permission of Principal Coast and Countryside Officer.
Happy caching!
Congratulations to Gemini Man for getting FTF! So pleased you found it ok 
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