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Topsham Bird Hide Traditional Cache

Hidden : 7/22/2013
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is hidden close to the entrance to the RSPB Bird Hide on the outskirts of Topsham. It can be a quick cache and dash, or you can park in Topsham itself and take a ten-minute walk here to find the cache then visit the hide and enjoy the fascinating views of the Bowling Green Marsh Nature Reserve. Binoculars would probably enhance your viewing pleasure in the hide.


Bowling Green Marsh nature reserve is close to the village of Topsham. It features a viewing platform, which looks over the Clyst (a tributary of the River Exe) and a hide which overlooks the marshes used by birds at high tide. In winter flocks of wigeons, teals, black-tailed godwits, brent geese and avocets feed at the site. In spring and summer it is quieter, but in the evenings swallows and sand martins feed over the water, migrant warblers sing from the hedgerows and as summer wears on wading birds turn up, some still in their magnificent breeding plumage - so it's always well worth a visit. Bowling Green Marsh is less than 10 minutes walk from Topsham's quayside and railway station. Exminster Marshes and Powderham Marshes nature reserves are on the west side of the estuary. Winter migrants also use this side of the river and in spring lapwings and redshanks breed here. Both reserves have public trails which are open all year round.

The area in which the hidden is wheelchair accessible but users would probably need help to reach the cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)