today 8/30am I found the cattle just to the west of the now demolished troop shelter ,at first I could only see three these I got close to they looked in good condition ,I found the rest they were in a clump of gorse feeding on the top shoots, unable to get near these as the gorse was to thick

12.00, i did not find any cattle today, i came onto site from beacon hill and cycled around the whale tail over to Caesars camp down to skirmishing hill and up long bottom with no luck.

11.15, I eventually found all 7 in the fog near the track at Q9, all were grazing on the gorse and all looked ok.

Dear All,

I hope that you are all well. The grazing project team braved the cold weather to fell some trees at the Tumuli yesterday afternoon. It was a really beautiful day with the snow on the trees and the Robbins following our every move, searching for food in the areas where we created any ground disturbance. The cows heard us coming and quickly gathered around the felling area nibbling at the brash that we were stacking. They all looked really well and developed a special interest when the mince pies and doughnuts came out!

We are clearing the Tumuli to help preserve these historic mounds and prevent tree roots growing through the soil which damages their structure. The work will continue intermittently until all of these area are clear.

Take care and have a lovely Christmas,
Many thanks
Lucy

13.10 I found all of the cattle in the whale tail woods near the fence at T4, all were grazing and looked ok

saw all the Cattle at 9.45am at 4s in the dip spread out eating. looked fine.

Saw all the Cattle at 9.30am at Q9 in the fog eating the silver berch shoots, all seemed well.

At about 12.00 I noticed a few cattle in the whale tail near the Beacon hill road at Q4, I could not count them or did i notice their condition.

Saw all the Cattle at 9.30 this morning, including the calf. Happily chomping away at the top of the long bootom track. Couldn't fill in blog untill now, no connection.

Only 6 Catte found

Hello everyone.

On my sites visit today I found the steers and the cow in J7. Having looked back through the blog and from speaking to the farmer it has now become apparent that it has been some time since the calf was last seen. The farmer visited only yesterday and found all of the cows and could not find the calf. We will speak to the farmer and see what he wishes to do. Watch this space.

Elliott

No sign of Cattle today. very foggy again, lots of their prints in the whales tail but dont know where they are hiding.

Evidence of their being at the top of Long Bottom recently but got no sighting; fog restricted visibility to about 100 yds.

I did not find the cows again, not having much luck at the moment.

Didnt find the Cattle today, saw lots of their foot prints in the whales tail, but no sign of them.

At 9.45am i saw 3 steers in the freezing fog in the whale tail at 7S. Had a good look around the area but no sign of the rest of them.

mike

Had a good hike around this morning 07.30--09.00 could not find any cattle

Have not seen any for some weeks and today was no exception - reduced visibility in near freezing fog was no help.

Went to Caesars camp today but no sign of the cattle. Are they still there, do they cope well with this weather?

NERT and ERT Working Parties

Hi there,Some lookers have expressed an interest in doing some practical habitat management with HWT. The next months calender looks like this!

DECEMBER
8th NERT at Longmoor - scrub Clearance
9th ERT at Longmoor - Scrub clearance
15th NERT at Noar Hill - Hedge planting
29th NERT - TBC - Scrub Clarence to work off the Christmas pudding!

ERT will be a new working party to help out in the Eastern region of Hampshire and the 8th December is the first event so come and join in!If you would like any further details then please contact Keith or myself. Our contacts are on the right in the contacts list. We hope to see some of you there!
Many thanks
Lucy

Saw the Cattle at 9.45am they were walking towards me Then they stopped in a gateway at Q7 only counted 4 steers, one Cow and one Calf. could of been mistaken. they didnt seem too friendly so didnt get to close.