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Elgin Oakwoods-Parus Major (Kids) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 12/28/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Several Cache co-ordinates taken (create a mean value) with Garmin Etrex 10 GPS; (3m error)

This Geocache hide is a metal KitKat tin housed in a click top container.

Continue along the main path and past the wooden bench (RHS) shortly after up grass vehicle track, LHS near Silver Birch “V” shaped.


QUARRY WOOD SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST (SSSI)


Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Report, Site code:1317 dated Feb 1989.

Quarry Wood is one of the best examples of oak woodland in Moray and the lowest altitude example in north-east Scotland.  The wood is ancient with a recorded history extending to at least the eighteenth century.  

The woodland is predominantly composed of sessile oak (Quercus Petraea) with some Birch (Betula species) and Scots pine (Pinus Sylvestris) with a locally well-developed shrub layer of Holly (Ilex Aquifolium) and Juniper (Juniperus Communis).


A SPECIAL THANKS to the Moray Council for their permission to place these caches.



KIDS WHO AM I?

  1. My song sounds just like a bicycle pump being used!
  2. I eat insects, spiders, berries and seeds.
  3. I am the biggest in the family.
  4. Look for me in woodland.
  5. Green and yellow with a striking glossy black head with white cheeks.
  6. I am “The Greatest”.

Please remember to bring something to write with. Thanks


***CONGRATULATIONS AH!*** - FTF

***CONGRATULATIONS GRAMPSY*** - STF

***CONGRATULATIONS GF1967*** - TTF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Sbyybj gur tenff iruvpyr genpx (EUF jura urnqvat Jrfg). Ybbx ba gur yrsg sbe na hc ebbgrq gerr arkg gb n Fvyire Ovepu ("I" funcrq). Pbirerq jvgu Trb-fgvpxf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)