Baynton Wood lies on a steep embankment north-west of Lower House Farm (Hereford Nature Trust Headquaters). The western edge abuts onto the Tupsley housing estate and the wood is frequently visited by children and dog-walkers from the estate. To the north it adjoins the Broadlands Local Nature Reserve, while to the east the wood slopes steeply down to overlook Upper Lugg and Wood Meadows. Historical information and physical features of the site indicate that the wood is a plantation on an ancient woodland site, therefore making the wood at least 500 years old.
The present-day wood comprises scrub habitat dominated by hawthorn, blackthorn, gorse and bramble together with some of the original broad-leaved trees. Sycamore, hazel, small-leaved lime and field maple also occur, while the invasive alien Japanese knotweed has a foothold in many parts of the scrubby areas.
Some 73 plant species have been listed for Baynton Wood, including bluebell, wood avens, bitter vetch, musk mallow, meadow vetchling and both red and white campion - quite a variety in view of the wood's past management. Breeding birds include mistle thrush, collared dove, blackcap, sedge warbler, lesser whitethroat and spotted flycatcher. Great spotted woodpeckers and bullfinches are regular visitors and bramblings have been seen in winter, feeding on beech mast.
This is a letterbox cache. It is a medium sized clip lock box. Once you have found the cache you can swap geoswag and travelbugs (although there may be limited space). You can take and leave a stamp of your own in the logbook. The signature stamper is of a small pig, due to the families background in farming, with a silver inkpad available.
There are 2 logbooks, 1 to sign and 1 for stamping if you have one.
Please leave the stamp and ink pad in the cache.