0900 Mon 30th Nov

 Almost at the end of our walk we saw 032, 033, 196, 194, and 198 along Sandy Hill. No sign of the others across the middle area. How is 195, Fagan will he be returning? Stay Safe, Marina & Des

Fri 27th Nov

 We found 13 beasts this morning at approx ///medium.marble.runner. They were eating acorns, gorse and a little grass and all looked well. 198, 196, 194, 168, 147, 165, 155, 021, 159, 176, 177, 940 and no tag. Stay Safe, Marina & Des

Tuesday avo

All found. Five were down by the horse pond sunathing The rest were all up in the gorse between the sunken forestpond and the lookout All looked fine!

all found 0900 Mon 23rd Nov

 We found 5 cows at around ///inform.skewing.ambushed. 198, 194, 196, 147 and 159. happily eating.  Then later we saw 13 at about ///pampered.product.pave. Mostly settling down to chew the cud. No tag, 021, 020, 177, 023, 168, 155, 176, 035, 033, 030, 940 and 165 who had gone into the gorse. Stay Safe, Marina & Des

Blank Sunday

 Couldn't find any cattle around either the Aldershot or the Beacon Hill ends of the site earlier today though plenty of signs they had been around.  Pretty packed with walkers, dogs, bikers and joggers, enjoyed lovely colours. 

1000 Fri 20th Nov

 We found 13 cows around  /// leap.arena.most where we have seen them before munching acorns. They were well spread out so the count might be slightly off. The Gelvert 3 were not with them. Stay Safe, Marina & Des

 Nine (and one pied wagtail) seen in vicinity of the large flooded gravel pit this morning.

Tuesday 17th November

 Found all 18 but split between two herds. 12 (including gelvert 3) were by the south east corner of james bond pond. The other 6 were found north of hungry hill. All looked well. 

Tue

Noticed whist driving past, a number of the strands of barbed wire, where the A325 fence meets the Pavillion fence, have been cut and the remaining two have been tied together, leaving a large gap underneath.

Scrub clearance

 Just to reply to the question about the work happening near Sandy Hill:  The Trust is managing various contractors who are clearing scrub from the heathland areas - the aim is to reduce the dominance of gorse and scrub to restore more open heathland, which supports a whole range of rare wildlife. Where we can we are also using the opportunity to increase the width of some of the fire breaks and have opened up one old over grown fire break as well, with the recent summer wildfires in mind. 

We have now finished the work in the Sandy Hill area but will be working on many other parts of the site over the next month.

Thanks.

0930 Mon 16th Nov

 We found 12 making their way up through the gorse along the side of Ceasers Camp from the main path. ///salmon.mountains.earplugs. then round to the look out point. Then a little later we saw the 3 youngsters along the Sandy Hill path ///feed.enveloped.modules. very focused on munching the grass. Stay Safe, Marina & Des

17 found....

 16 were lazing on the north side of the site, just above the Bourley Road and near the enclosed reservoir at lunchtime today.  Looked fine and very sleepy in the sunshine.  

A lone 198 was grazing near the corral close to Beacon Hill.  

No sight of the final one......

none 0920 Fri 13th Nov

 We didn't see any of the beasts this morning. We  walked from the Bourley Road car park around to Horse Pond via the main track to Ceasers Camp, back along Long Bottom to the large sandy area, then through the woods to the car.

Does anyone know what is being done to the Sandy Hill hill side, there is a lot of activity there?

Stay Safe, Marina & Des

18th cow found

I have found the lone cow in Gelvert and brought him over to Ceasars. Couldn't find any of the others after a quick scout around but am sure he will make his way too them eventually. 

17 seen today on the look out at Caesars Camp, no sign of number 198 on Caesars or Gelvert

0900 Mon 9th Nov

 We found approx 16 cows including the 2 youngsters at /// leap.arena.most troughing as many acorns as they could. Stay Safe, Marina & Des

0930 Fri 6th Nov

 None seen today. We walked from the Bourley Road car park across to Pavillion Road, then roughly followed the fence back in and out of the trees. No cows. Stay Safe, Marina & Des

cow 23 back on site.

The one taken back to the farm have been brought back to site. 11 others seen down by the sand bar.

Monday 02 November

All 14 found near sunny hill. All look in good health and very inquisitive around the truck trying to get at food

09.30 2nd Nov

Enjoyed a sadly cow free walk this morning. We walked across the top of Sandy Hill, down to Horse Pond, around that and up through the woods to the side of Ceasers Camp. Had a good look round from the look out point then walked to James Bond Pond, rounded that and back to Sandy Hill. No cow seen.   Stay Safe, Marina & Des

#23 Removed- TB test clear

We have taken #23, a red Shetland steer back to the farm. He was very tender on his feet during the TB tests and not happy.  He's going to get some treatment and be kept I  a barn to minimise walking around.  As soon as he is improved we'll bring him back to site.

The three Hereford crosses were on Gelvert as of Friday. 

Thanks,

Jack