Saw all 7 of the the Cattle near the top Pond at Q 16, at 11am, all looked well.

Didnt spot the Cattle today.

Full count

14.45, i found all 7 lying down under trees at S6, I had come in from the beacon hill side and cycled to Caesars camp down to the pavilion and back up longbottom and as luck would have it i saw them as i was heading home. all looked OK

Traversed the area from east, thru' Jubilee Clump, to west; saw no cattle but some reasonably fresh dung on Bricksbury Hill.

A film set is being set up in the open space towards the water tower - American, big screen apparently but I did not catch the title.

Steers put on

Hello
It's all change at Caesar's Camp as the steers from Greywell have now arrived. There are 5 in total, plus the remaining cow and calf.
Steers are castrated bulls.
Thanks
Alex

At 1.30 pm saw the Cow and calf standing under a tree next to the Long Bottom Track. They were looking very pleased with them selves for escaping eviction.

All bar one removed

Hello
All of the cattle have been removed from Caesar's Camp, apart from one cow and calf which remained elusive. We will try and round her up another time when she has calmed down a little.
The 11 steers from Greywell will probably join them tomorrow.
I will let you know as soon as I know!
Thanks
Alex

8/am today I found cattle both sides of the long bottom track grids q/r 19/20 ,slowly moving west grazing as they went ,I only counted 40 reliably as others were constantly joining them,all of the ones I was close to looked well

I only found 26 cattle today at 7/30 am they were spread over grids o/p/17/18 got close to a number of them they looked ok ,I knew there were others close by but as the military were operating in the area I moved on ,as I worked with cattle in my early days I understand they need to be removed but I for one will miss them it has been good looking for them and keeping an eye on their general health looking forward to seeing the replacements

found a total of 51

14.00 I found 13 cows and 8 calf,s at roughly S 6-7, another group containing 9 cows and 5 calf,s were at about P and Q 19-20 and a final group of 10 cows and 6 calf,s were at J28 some were grazing but the majority were lying down, all looked OK

Cattle coming off next week for weaning

Hello
All of the cattle will be removed from Caesar's Camp some time next week in order to wean the calves.
They will be replaced by 11 (I think) galloway/luing cross steers for the winter.
I will be able to let you know which day nearer the time, when the farmer gives me a more definite date.
The steers have been on one of our reserves near Hook, Greywell Moors, for the summer so should be nice and fat!
Thnaks for all your help

Alex

Same as where Norman saw them. a little later at 9.20 am, all were quite relaxed today.

today 7/45 I met cattle they were both sides of the long bottom track grids p/q 21/22 slowly moving west, others were spread over the hillside to the south side of the track ,more were on the track behind the bricksbury and sandy hill estates from the field gate grid p/24 to grid r/19 I counted a total of 70 I was very close to a large number of them they all looked fit and well

Saw about 50 Cattle at 11.45 am Spread out from the large Sandy area right up to the Horse Pond and either side of the Long Bottom track. The group at the horse pond were making a lot of noise. When I came back that way half an hour later they were still mooing. All the others seemed relaxed.

7/45 this morning I met cattle as soon as I entered the site they were on the triangle of grass behind the bricksbury estate with more coming from the east to join them all slowly moving west along the sandy hill track as I went west I saw more down on the long bottom track near the horse pond so I went down the hill to get close to these they were spread over the hillside south of the pond with more coming from the east again slowly moving west following the long bottom track I managed to count 60 total those I got close to around 35 all looked well

mike

tuesday 12th oct 09.45 after a long hike from bourley rd eventualy found 26 cows at west of ceasers camp grid ref r 7 all looked well

mike

Monday 11th oct 09.45 I found 12 cows west of ceasers camp grid ref k 16 plus one red feeding container couldnot find anymore.

At 9.30am Saw about 20 Cows and Calves on the bank East, off the long bottom track, Then there was another 30 near the top pond. all very quiet today, they seemed quite happy. See you tomorrow for the Litter pick.

At 9am i saw about 20 Cows and Calves on the paths leading up to the horse pond, then another 20 spread out on the Sandy Hill track. They seemed fine.

mike

tuesday 5th oct 08.45 found mixed cows and calfs totaling 39 in all.those I got up close to all looked ok.

mike

MONDAY 4TH OCT 08.15 09.30 AM GRID REF HIJ 24 25 26 SPREAD OVER THIS AREA COUNT 44 COWS APP 18 CALFS GOT CLOSE UP ALL LOOKED WELL

Litter Pick

Hello
We are holding a litter pick on Friday the 8th OCTOBER from 10 - 12 am.
It would be great if you could come along and help out.
We are meeting by the recreation ground opposite Barrie Road on Sandy Hill.
We will provide gloves and bin bags.
I hope to see you there!
Many thanks

Alex
(Thanks Janet!)