GC4400H #1D NoCMoC - Visitor Centre - Duck (Traditional Cache) in Eastern England, United Kingdom created by Kitty!!

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Kitty!!: After almost 10 years it is time for this series to go.

1020 different Geocachers have logged one or more finds of my caches in Hanningfield. As most Geocachers visit in pairs or as a family this probably represents 2 or 3 thousand Geocachers! A total of 4,945 finds were logged. Favourite points were not introduced until long after the trail was set and, as the trail was intended to be a family orientated starter trail and attracted non-premium cachers who could not award points. On this basis I am very proud to have received 291 points.

Thank you to the 682 finders of this cache and the 31 who awarded it a favourite point.

Thank you to The Warden, Bill, and his team at Hanningfield for accommodating my caches. It was a privilege to be able to place them on the Reserve.

GC4400H ▼

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Hidden : 1/6/2013

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Full details of the NoCMoC trail of caches, hints and a map can be found here. Please note that to access these Visitor Centre Caches you MUST go through either the Visitor Centre or Fishing Lodge at the bottom of Gifford Lane. See waypoints on GC41JAQ #1A Wood Ants. Note the restricted opening times.

The Tufted Duck

The reservoir is a SSSI due to the important numbers of wildfowl that use the reservoir in the autumn and winter, including Gladwell, Tufted Duck and Pochard.

The Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) is a medium-sized diving duck. These birds feed mainly by diving, but will dabble. They eat molluscs, aquatic insects and some plants and sometimes feed at night. Diving ducks do not walk as well on land as the dabbling ducks; their legs tend to be placed further back on their bodies to help propel them when underwater. The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill. It has an obvious head tuft that gives the species its name. The adult female is brown with paler flanks, and is more easily confused with other diving ducks. Some have white around the bill base which resembles the Scaup species but never as extensive.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Dhnpxref!

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)