Saturday 21st February - All 25 seen

The cattle were all good today. They were in three groups - two on Caesar's and one on Gelvert.

Sixteen of the Caesar's original herd were grazing in the pasture north of James Bind Pond. Steers 35, 230, and 1626 were grazing northeast of Horse Pond. The six Sussex cattle were browsing gorse in Gelvert west of the main entrance. Everyone was happy, relaxed, and looking well.

Full update and photos to follow later.

Friday 20th February - 19 seen

 Between 08:30 - 10:45

19 seen in two group, the first group of 14 were at the lookout near ///flopping.thread.buzz. This included Brie and Sussex 1626, all were well mainly eating the gorse, drinking from puddles and enjoying a dry spell of weather. 

The second group of were to the east of the horse pond at ///iteration.gourmet.relate. Sarah was here as well as 219 whose ear seems to be healing nicely. They were mostly eating the heather. 

Unfortunately I couldn’t find the other 6 Sussex’s.

All the cattle I did find seemed quite content this morning.

Thursday 19th February - not feeling well went back home

 13:46 I’ve just had to turn back and come home not feeling well, sorry 😔 

The herd are showing on the map over by the covered dome they’ve been there since this morning. 

Wed 18th Feb - Staff check

20 seen well in scattered groups. 5 Sussexes without functioning collars weren't with them and weren't anywhere to be seen after searching 

Tuesday 17th February - All 25 seen

At 15:00, steer 20 and cow 940 were grazing near ///slam.scores.headers, southwest of the Bourley Road car park. Cow 940 was especially friendly, wading her way through the waterlogged ground to come and say hello and enjoy plenty of strokes and rubs. Three other steers were deeper in the gorse, so I left them undisturbed and planned to check on them again later.

By 15:25, cows 72, 214, and 234, along with steers 217, 222, 270, and 271, were spread out grazing among the gorse near ///savers.dimes.built, southwest of the Lookout. They paused to greet me as I made my way around, all happy to receive strokes. All seven were relaxed and in good condition.

At 15:40, cow 211 appeared at the Lookout and came straight over to say hello. She was very affectionate, enjoying a long neck and chin rub before offering gentle head rubs and licks in return. Shortly afterwards, cow 1396 and steers 210 and 1640 arrived from the path to the south and began grazing nearby. They were all content and looking well.

By 16:00, steers 21, 30, 33, 35, 220, and 228 were found browsing gorse near ///valued.kilts.deep, on the opposite side of the path from where the earlier group had been grazing. The boys were all relaxed and looking well. Youngster 228 particularly enjoyed a long back scratch while resting and chewing his cud.

At 16:15, the final three Sussex cattle arrived at the Lookout, having been grazing in the thicket to the south near ///scoots.harps.named. They soon came over to stand with me but were quite vocal, calling out to their herd mates who had moved towards the area where the group of seven had been grazing. I walked the trio along to rejoin the others.

Finally, at 16:35, I returned to the first group, who were now grazing among the heather and gorse on the hillside near ///frail.imparts.dream, north of the fenced-off area. Youngsters 219, 227, and 230 each took turns coming over to say hello, while steer 20 and cow 940 grazed close by. They were all happy and content. I said my goodbyes at 17:00, leaving them all peacefully grazing.

The cows were all good today.

Monday 16th February - All 25 seen

 Between 07:45 - 10:00

All have been seen in 3 groups this morning, first group of 13 were just south of the cowshed. All were well and eating a variety of leaves, gorse and heather.

The second group of 5 including Brie, Buzz and 219 were between the closed off area and the covered dome, like the first group they were all content scavenging for leaves gorse etc.

I then found all 7 Sussex’s on the path just south of James Bond pond. They were all stood still enjoying the sunshine.  

All the cattle were good this morning