Sunday 11th January - All 25 seen

The cattle were seen good in three groups today. A group of eleven, including the seven Sussex cattle happily grazing at the Shell garage end of the site. A group of eight steers browsing gorse and foraging for acorns to the south of James Bond Pond. As I was leaving, they started to lie down to rest. The final six were munching on gorse in the bushes to the north of their favourite Sandy Hill corner, but started to gradually descend the slope of Sandy Hill. The cattle were all good today. Full update to follow.

Saturday 10th January - All 25 seen

It was a bit of a moving feast today, with cattle moving around and shifting between groups. I spent time with each group, and all were doing well. After a chilly start, most settled down to rest in the sunshine in their respective groups. They were all very friendly and enjoyed plenty of strokes and rubs.

I did notice that several of the Sussex cattle have bald patches on their coats that look consistent with mites. I appreciate that, given the current weather conditions, it isn’t possible to spray them at the moment.

I’ll provide a full update later.

Friday 9th January - All 25 seen

 Between 08:30 - 11:00

All have been seen this morning in 3 areas, the first group of 14 including all the Sussex’s and 234 were at ///privately.wide.dime which is in the woods behind the pre-school. All were searching for acorns and eating the holly. They were sheltered from the wind which was good to see. 

The second group of 5 including Brie and the ever friendly 222 were at ///danger.pays.adults which isn’t far from the first group but up on the path leading to horse pond. They were also foraging for acorns as well as eating the gorse and holly. 

The last group of 6 were at the top of the hill at the east end of sandy hill road at ///driver.mile.button. They were also in the woods sheltering from the wind. 

All the cattle were good this morning if not a little wet from the rain.