Thursday 18th January - All 19 seen - steer 33 had red scratches on both of his rear feet

The cows were still in the same two groups that they've been in since the weekend.

The group of eleven were found wandering along from the Hungry Hill to their favourite Sandy Hill corner shortly before noon today.  Most were happily munching on the frost covered grass in the sunshine, with a few preferring to stand and relax and enjoy the warmth.  They were all looking well despite last night's freezing conditions.  Youngster 227 was happy to stand and get an ear rub while relaxing.  Older steer 33 had red scratches on both of his rear feet (photos below).  They weren't causing him any issues, and he was walking absolutely fine.

Youngsters 215 and 230 were standing relaxing in the sunshine around ///lunge.glow.craters at 12:30.  The large pools of water around them were totally frozen.  I did manage to break the ice in several locations, but neither showed any interest in having a drink.  

Steer 30 plus cows 72 and 234 were standing in the sunshine, relaxing and chewing their cud in the area around ///happy.stars.lilac a short time later.  Youngster 217 was lying down beside them.  Youngster 219 plus yearling 271 were munching on gorse close by.  They both popped out of the bushes to say hello.  After a while, youngsters 215 and 230 wandered into the area, joined the others, and started to chew their cud.  This group were all looking good.

Returning to the first group as I was leaving at 13:15, and steers 33, 227 and 228 were lying down relaxing on the corner.  The other eight were either grazing or standing, chewing their cud in the sunshine.

The cows were all good today.