A mixed group of fourteen cows were on Sandy Hill around ///piles.survey.crumples at 09:45 this morning. Initially, some were standing in the sun trying to dry out from the earlier rain, while others were eating grass. The rain didn't stay off for long though, and by 09:55 the cows were taking shelter under the trees by the fence line, with a few opting for the gorse bushes.
Older steer 20 and cows 72 and 940 were deep in the gorse bushes a bit further east along Sandy Hill around ///gives.pitchers.worthy at 10:10. They soon came out though and wandered along to join the others.
I stayed with the herd for a while, hoping that steers 227 and 271 would make an appearance, but they didn't, so I went off searching for them. Not having any success, I arrived back to the cow's original location at 11.05 to find that yearling 271 had joined the group and was happily grazing. Youngster 227 emerged from the thicket behind the herd, and wandered along to meet them. He was absolutely soaking, dirty and covered in gorse and was looking rather sorry for himself. He came and said hello, received an ear rub and allowed me to brush all the gorse off his back.
Youngster 234's leg was absolutely fine, with no trace of the scratch from yesterday. However, older steer 33 had a scratch on his rear right-hand leg. And yearling 270 had a scratch just above his front left-hand foot. Photos below. I don't remember the cows picking up as many nicks and scratches from gorse at this time last year.
The cows were all good today.
Hoping everyone has a very Happy New Year.
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