Rogerstown estuary
is situated about 2 km north of Donabate in north County Dublin. It is a relatively small, funnel shaped estuary separated from the sea by a sand and shingle peninsula and extending eastwards beyond the low water mark to include an area of shallow marine water. The estuary receives the waters of the Ballyboghil and Ballough rivers, both of which flow through intensive agricultural catchments. The estuary has a wide salinity range, from near full sea water to near full fresh water. The estuary is divided by a causeway and narrow bridge, built in the 1840s to carry the Dublin-Belfast railway line. The site contains good examples of a number of estuarine and coastal habitat. It is an internationally renowned wildlife sanctuary, popular with bird watchers and walkers in wellies!
Access to the grounds is between from 8am to 8pm
There might be plenty of muggles about on Saturdays and Sundays so please take care when re hiding the cache.
Please note: there are no vehicles permitted beyond the allotments, you will need to walk to the cache location from there, all the roadways are privately owned beyond this point.
Getting there
The entrance to the Rogerstown Estuary is sign posted on the R126 just before The Golf Club at N 53° 29.512 W 006° 10.789
If you want to visit this cache using public transport, the bus route to take from Dublin City centre is the No. 33 Alternatively, you can take the 41 from Dublin City Centre to Swords, and then take the 33A (which from Swords on follows the same route as the 33).
The Cache
The cache is a small tablock box with the usual goodies
To find the cache go to the co-ords above there you will see some photographs of birds that can be seen on the estuary.
Count the Number of photographs This will be A.B Count the number of birds in the photographs on the bottom row This will be C
Then add A+C = D Then add A+A = E Then add A+B = F
Fill these into the co-ords below for the final cache location
N53 29.DE0 W6 09.FDB
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