Saturday 30th September - All 19 seen

Steers 30, 35, 219 and 271 were happily munching on long grass in the thicket around ///door.critic.hype at 10:00 this morning.  Youngsters 217 and 220 were continuing their acorn hunting under the trees on the opposite side of the main path.   Youngster 230 was munching on grass close by.  Older steer 21 was a bit further along the path munching on leaves from the trees.   All eight cows were happy and relaxed.

Cows 20, 33, 72, 214, 215 and 228 were all grazing at the far end of Sandy Hill in the thicket around ////payback.steepest.stir at 10:25.  Cows 222, 227, 234 and 940 were munching on the grass close by, just to the east of them.   Yearling 270 was enjoying the grass on the cows' favourite corner, but soon wandered along and joined the others.  About twenty minutes later, the cows started to wander into the trees just before Hungry Hill, where they continued to graze.

The cows were all good today.

Friday 29th September - All 19 seen

Cows 20, 30, 72, 222, 227, 230, 270 and 940 were all grazing in the thicket around ///spent.cattle.nest at 16.35 this afternoon.  They were all happily munching on grass, bushes and leaves from the trees.

Older steer 21 and cows 214, 215 and 234 were all lying down, relaxing and chewing their cud in the warm afternoon sunshine on a patch of grass around ///swim.clips.chip at 16:50.  They were all very relaxed and looking well.

Steers 35, 219, 228 and 271 all wandered down to the trees behind where the group of four were lying.  They all started grazing amongst the trees.  The group of four soon got up and joined them.  All eight cows went off grazing amongst the thicket in a south-westerly direction.

Youngsters 217 and 220 had resumed acorn hunting duties and were together in the area around ///good.refuse.spots at 17:05.  They were not having much luck, but that didn't diminish their efforts.

Found older steer 33 in the area around ///tubes.become.ticket about ten minutes later.  He emerged from the bracken and stood in the sunshine on one of the paths.  The group of eight cows was grazing close by.

The cows were all good today.

Thursday 28th September - All 19 seen

Youngsters 214, 215, 220, 222, 228, 234 and yearling 271 were all grazing on the grass alongside the path in the area around ///ignore.actors.apples at 17.25 this evening.  Steers 227 and 230 were grazing in the bushes at the bottom of the steep incline.   They both came back up to ground level and started to graze with the others.   They were all looking well.

As I was checking the far side of the area where I found the first nine cows, I saw steer 35 having a drink from James Bond Pond in the distance.  By the time I wandered over at 17:55, he'd moved to the area around ///takers.scrambles.puppy where he was munching on heather.  He was all alone, but seemed happy enough.   The other cows were grazing in his general direction, so hopefully they'll meet up.

Cows 30, 217, 219, 270 and 940 were all found grazing around ///tractor.mows.racked at 18:05.   They soon disappeared into the thicket to eat some leaves from the trees.  Older steers 20, 21, 33 and cow 72 were all found munching on grass at the bottom of the hill around ///stem.norms.arrival a short time later.  Slowly, the first five wandered down the hill and joined them.

The cows were all good this evening.

Wed 27th Sep - Staff check

All 19 seen well hanging out in 2 groups near James Bond pond

Tuesday 26th September - All 19 seen

The seven older cows were found wandering slowly westwards along Sandy Hill, just along from their favourite corner, at 17:20 this afternoon.  Cows 21, 35, 72 and 940 were all happily munching on grass.  Older steers 20, 30 and 33 were taking a far more leisurely approach, wandering for a bit and then stopping to chew their cud before wandering a bit more.  They were all very relaxed and looking well.

Youngsters 214, 217, 220, 222, 227 and 234 were all grazing in the area around ///loses.cabbies.metro at 17:45.  They were all happy and relaxed.  Youngster 217 was taking a welcome break from acorn hunting this afternoon.

Youngsters 215 and 228 were lying down, resting and chewing their cud around ///inflict.refuse.childcare ten minutes later.  Youngster 230 plus yearlings 270 and 271 were grazing in the heather behind them.  Steer 219 was standing by himself, fairly close by, chewing his cud.   He was super relaxed and looked like he was deep in thought when I first wandered over to see him.

At around 18:10, the group of twelve came together and began walking in the direction of the Lookout.  They were all munching as they wandered.  They had made it to around ///coconuts.tourist.talking twenty-five minutes later.

The cows were all good today.

Monday 25th September - All 19 seen

A much shorter and later visit than normal to Caesar's this evening.  

Older cow 20, youngster 222 and yearling 270 were all grazing in the thicket around ///decking.neon.wires on the east side of Horse Pond at 18.25.  They soon climbed up the bank and onto the path at the side of the pond.  They were all looking well.

The other sixteen cows were well spread out in three smaller groups in the area around ///rosette.lofts.feuds about fifteen minutes later.   They were all happily grazing, with most of them munching on heather.  Youngster 217 was continuing his acorn hunt down in the trees around ///amps.acre.winning.  He had roped youngsters 220 and 230 into helping.   The first three cows soon turned up and started to graze as well.

It was great to see the cows all back together this evening.  They were all happy and very relaxed.  The light was fading quickly just after 19:00, so I said goodbye to them while they grazed.

The cows were all good today.

Sunday 24th September - All 19 seen

The same group of sixteen cows as yesterday had assembled at the cow shed shortly before 10:00 this morning, but couldn't get into it because the army had commandeered it.  They quickly got bored and wandered up to the area around ///loyal.mugs.grid where they spread out and started to graze.  They were enjoying a mix of grass and leaves from the various bushes and trees.   The cows were all happy and very relaxed, and it was nice to spend some quiet time with them.

The three youngsters were continuing their adventures together.  Steer 228 was munching on grass up on the bank around ///into.crouches.awake at 10:55.  He wandered over and said hello.  Steers 217 and 222 were in the trees opposite, hunting for acorns.  After about 20 minutes, they wandered out and joined youngster 228.   All three then continued to hunt for acorns at the base of the trees as they followed the path in a north-east direction.  I don't remember them hunting for acorns this early on before, and certainly not leaving the herd for days on end to do so.  They don't actually appear to be finding too many yet, so aren't eating large quantities, but they are determined.  One to keep an eye on.

Returning to the first group, and ten cows had moved down to the area around ///cities.unit.about by 11:40 where they were continuing to graze.  Cows 21, 30, 33, 214 and 227 were still grazing in the original thicket but soon left and wandered down to join them.  By noon, they were all lying down, relaxing and chewing their cud.  Steer 35 had somehow made it to ///recall.bars.vows where he was standing alone in the wide open chewing his cud.  After a short while, he slowly wandered diagonally across the sandy area to the trees near to where the cows were lying and had a good scratch.

The cows were all good today.