SSSI and Nature Reserve Questions

[+Seganku]

Hi all,

 

Is there a difference between a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Nature Reserve area when it comes to hiding caches. I know you need permission to hide on a SSSI but what about Nature Reserves?

 

I've found a spot for a cache close to my home but it's coming up as a Nature Reserve on the Magic map. I've looked on the SSSI Natural England website and the area isn't showing up on their list of SSSI's.

 

Any help or advice on these matter would be greatly appreciated and probably save me wasting a lot of time when looking for future cache sites

[+The Bongtwashes]

You need permission for any hide, especially in SSSI and Nature Reserve areas. See Geocaching Resources - Getting Permission on Graculus's Follow The Arrow site.

[+Yorkie30]

Hi all,

 

Is there a difference between a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Nature Reserve area when it comes to hiding caches. I know you need permission to hide on a SSSI but what about Nature Reserves?

 

I've found a spot for a cache close to my home but it's coming up as a Nature Reserve on the Magic map. I've looked on the SSSI Natural England website and the area isn't showing up on their list of SSSI's.

 

Any help or advice on these matter would be greatly appreciated and probably save me wasting a lot of time when looking for future cache sites

 

 

You need permission from whoever owns the land for any cache. If its a nature reserve then the reviewer with normally ask for information regarding who you gained permission from and the nature of the permission.

 

If in doubt contact your local reviewer via email with the location details and see if they can offer any advice or start by looking on the geocaching UK Website:

 

http://www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk/resources/permish.html

 

I managed to get permission from the local ranger by approaching him in person and explaining what I wanted to do and where. This I have heard works better then approaching the head offices or cold calling organizations.

 

Goodluck.

 

Yorkie30

[+Seganku]

Thank you both for the answers

[nobby.nobbs]

might be worth checking out GAGB we list all the agreements already made and can help making further agreements, especially if it's a wildlife trust.

[Deceangi]

MAGIC seem to be updated on a more regular basis that Natural England. MAGIC does in fact use information provided by Natural England as well as other Departments within the 2 Governments and Assembly. From experience of using MAGIC, plus feedback off them. They seem to appear to update on average twice a week.

 

Deci

[+Graculus]

might be worth checking out GAGB we list all the agreements already made and can help making further agreements, especially if it's a wildlife trust.

We have the main geocaching.com guidelines, the GAGB guidelines, the GAGB landowner agreements database, forum posts announcing changes to guidelines and a host of useful resources such as the maps that we reviewers use. I've tried to make my resource website somewhere that pulls all this information together to make it easier for people to understand where specific permission may be needed or where caching may not be allowed. I've deliberately not made it a repository for the actual information that applies to the UK. The GAGB already provide that excellent resource for us

 

Chris

Graculus

Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com

UK Geocaching Information & Resources website www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk/resources

Edited October 19, 2009 by Graculus

[+Seganku]

Thank you for all the replies. Hopefully, all the information and websites supplied will help me when looking at future cache locations I never knew it could be this complicated

[+Haggis Hunter]

I never knew it could be this complicated

It can be a hell of a lot simpler if you have a few Billion to throw about, you would get away with decimating an entire SSSI area if you wanted to. But you must say that all of those caches are good for the economy, well the principle appears to work up here!