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109 Coastguard cottages and limekiln at mansands


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of the soil. It was also used to make lime mortar and lime wash for painting houses. To try and improve the wheat harvest - and in turn


the war effort - during the Napoleonic wars, farmers were paid an annual subsidy for having a limekiln on their land during the early 1800s. Woodhuish Farm houses an old cider press which


dates from the 19th century. The press can be viewed in the roadside barn in which it is set, along with informa- tion on its use and history. Cider formed part of a farm labourer’s pay in times gone by and was an important part of the rural economy. The National Trust is in the process of restoring the press to working order.


Landscape This stretch of the coast is in the ownership of the National Trust, which manages the land for conservation and public enjoyment. For more details about the National Trust visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk The habitat of mansands Ley changed dramatically with the breaching of the lagoon by the sea in the spring of 2007. The future is likely to bring different species, with fewer wildfowl and more wading birds, which prefer brackish waters. The environment down at mansands is in a state of flux and so the following list of likely wildlife sightings is liable to change! Wildfowl


Cider press at Woodhuish farm


on mansands Ley have included the Tufted Duck, with a bright yellow eye and dark purple head which sports a ‘tuft’ at the back and down the neck, like an eccentric haircut. The male Teal has a green band on its brown head and a green flash on the wing, while the shoveler has a large broad bill, with the male having a green head and brown and white underparts. Coots and moorhens both breed on the Ley. The coot is a round bodied bird with black plumage and an unmistakable white beak and forehead. The moorhen is fairly similar in shape but browner, with more of a tail. It has a bright red beak with a yellow tip. Large flocks of swallows, House martins and sand martins are drawn to the Ley, as are many wading birds. It is worth looking out for the ringed plover – a neat grey-brown and white bird with orange legs and bill and black and white banding on the head and throat. The Common Sandpiper has a mottled brown back, a white breast and ‘crescent’ in front of the wing and a darker brown strip through the eye. Its cousin, the Green sandpiper, has a more elon- gated body and gangly legs. sightings of the black and white Oystercatcher are common on the beaches at scabbacombe and mansands. Oystercatchers have an orange bill and a piping ‘kleep’ call. The diverse habitats on the organic farm at Woodhuish support barn Owls, along with Greater Horseshoe bats. This is the classic


The Ley at mansands © Derek Harper - geograph.org.uk/5413200


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