JoJo The Dunes 3 Traditional Cache

Cliptop box This is the third of the Dunes series, or the first if you approach from the North: our first attempt at hiding geocaches. Hope you enjoy. You could start here at the most Northerly Cache and walk the dunes south for a few maies to Number one or vice versa. A walk to the sea guarantees that you will see seals bobbing around in the waves but beware an incoming tide. 

Probably the most difficult of the three but not too difficult in the scheme of things! 

Donna Nook is part of the East Coast but could be a million miles away from the chips and bingo image. The dune system is dominated by marram and sand couch, which play important stabilising roles, particularly in the early stages of dune development. Flowering plants here include yellow-wort, and bee and pyramidal orchids. Sea-buckthorn is encroaching and forms dense clumps in some areas. Among mammals, fox, badger, stoat and weasel are all present, and three species of shrew have been identified. Common lizards also inhabit this part of the reserve. In summer breeding birds of the dunes include red-legged partridge, dunnock, whitethroat, linnet, skylark, yellowhammer and tree sparrow, while in winter the sea-buckthorn berries attract large numbers of fieldfare, redwing and starling. Woodcock, hen harrier and short-eared owl are also regular winter visitors. Within the dunes there are attractive dune-slack meadows where many wildflowers, including marsh-orchids, can be seen. Placed with kind permission of Delphine Suty from English Nature and Dave Bromwich, Head warden, Lincs wildlife trust.