All Found Finally

All cattle found in two groups. The majority up next to the corral. All are looking well. Thanks, Jack

Thursday am

5 cows enjoying the morning sunshine around M 29.

Information from a neighbour

We found 9 cows grazing happily on the slope below Sandy Hill yesterday.
However, my neighbour, who walks her dog regularly on the ranges, and who knows I do this blog reported a rather alarming experience to me yesterday. She told me that, I think on Wednesday of this week, whilst walking her well behaved dog, she was charged by a cow. Apparently she was 20 or so yards away, passing it on a path, when it bellowed at her and charged. She stood her ground and it stopped about 5 yards from her. She felt rather shacken by the experience but, just as she was walking off, she saw the same cow charge at a couple of runners passing by, who were very alarmed. She describes the cow as mostly black but with some white markings.
I have given her details to contact Guy, though I understand he is away over the holiday and also the main office number given here on the blog, so that she can report it herself. I thought though that forewarned is forearmed to those of us who blog so that we can keep an eye out.
Happy New Year!
Hilary and Martin

Monday am

 4 checking out the newly cleared area, just east of the Horse Pond. Following yesterday's motor cycle meeting, thers's a lot of litter ( crisp bags, plastic bottles, cans, broken glass) around the small sandy area where the tracks meet at L 29.

Half measures again

Found just five in the murk on Christmas Day and 12 late this afternoon (six at J16 and six at R20).  Those we found seemed fine.  Lots of people, trail bikes and bats today.

All 22 found

All 22 found again. They were all very close together, although still in two distinct groups- one group of 16 at M20, and one group of 6 at M19, both groups in the woodland.

Belated post

Found 21 early this afternoon - 15 in small groups near L20 - probably some of the ones Hilary found later - and 6 over by S6, in the area currently being cleared. 
Some of the posts holding the fencing down by Bourley Road (about E22) looked a bit lop sided, but I didn't have time to check properly.

Late afternoon walk

We found 13 cows, all black, grazing beside the path below the lookout at approx J24. A small dog was yapping at them but they just moved calmly away.They seems quite content. We noticed that there has been a lot of clearing of small trees and shrubs across the ranges, especially around the Horse Pond, which opens up the land.

Half measures (nearly)

First thing on Friday - four at P16, six at K23 and a cut fence (only the top wire) at about I26 - leading into the leaded area.  All the cattle I saw seemed well and content.

All 22 found

All 22 found today, but it wasn't easy! 11 were found near S6 in the far west of the site. Ian found 3 near Tweseldown on the East of the site. The other 8 took ages to find, and after a couple of hours, I gave up. On driving back to the gate, a glimmer of white caught my eye in the woodlands near the camp (M18) and a little face appeared above the bramble, and there they were!

Apologies this is a very late post as I looked for the cattle on Saturday 12th but as I'm new to the blog and still familiarising myself to Caesars Camp I wanted to add a post anyway! I found 5 of them around the S15 area but no others in site. They looked calm and happy enough :-) Numbers 300072, 600082, 700083, 500095 and 400??? (wouldn't let me get too close!)....

Tuesday...

After a couple of hours of searching a very murky Caesar's Camp, I finally tracked down 11 of the Welsh Blacks at about 12:15 today. They were all together just below the trees at Windy Gap Hill (SU83917 50039). All looked well. Didn't see hide nor hair of the rest, but I have yet to explore the area near the 'space ship' and below the view point, so perhaps that's where they were hiding!
Sarah

4 young black heifers spotted in the woods near the main sandy area at lunchtime. All content and well

Saturday am

6 checking out the perimeter fence at G 33. The path is too narrow to get close with the dog, but they seemed to be happily checking out the fodder as they moved.

Found 18 of the cows on Caesar's Camp today from 10am to 1:30pm with fellow SAMM Wardens Sarah and Mike. All looked healthy apart from a black cow with ear tag number 100084 who had a scar on her bum to the right of her tail. It didn't look weepy or infected but just a bit sore. Was lovely weather to be out in!

6 together up by the top pond at lunchtime, all looked content and well

9:00am Sunday

At least six, spread out, browsing their way through the woodland in the NE corner. All looked well.

14 and counting ....

Just been up to CC and though it was getting dark found 14 (possibly more) moving westwards away from the horse pond on the track at the bottom of the slope behind Sandy Hills.  They all seemed fine.

Wednesday morning

5 cows happily browsing and drinking around M28. Another cow was heading purposefully down the track towards the Rowhill gate! All looked well.

New lookers

Hi Caesar's Camp Bloggers,
I met Guy last Friday for a training day and look forward to joining the looking team next week, along with my colleagues Nicky and Karina. We're all wardens for the Thames Basin Heaths Partnership so it's great to be doing a useful job out on the SPA.
Best wishes, Sarah