Cherry laurel and ivy issues

helo all,

As you will have no doubt seen and heard the cattle have managed to escape on both Tuesday night and Wednesday mornring.  It would appear as though they have developed a taste for the cherry laurel and ivy which is on the other side of the fence I need the woods opposite Enterpirse car hire garage.

They are pushing against the fence as they reach for the leaves and in doing so the posts are systematically snapping, so meaning the fence collapses in long stretches.

As the cattle have learned there is a new type of food on the other side of th fence we are concerned that they will continue to push on the fixed fence until all of the food is gone.  As a result we have had to lead the cattle out of Cesars and move them to the neighbouring site, Gelvert Catchment Area. This will hopefully buy us some time to properly repair and upgrade the fence, distract the cattle with a new site so hopefully they will forget about the cherry laurel hear and also buy us some more time for the grass to start to grow.  March is our toughest time of the year for grazing the heaths as it is right at the end of winter and we are desperate for some warm weather to get the grass growing.

I believe it was 17 cattle which were removed from site leaving 11 still on Caesars.

We will keep you posted as to progress on coming up with a longer term solution to this problem,

Elliott