Thursday 27th June - All 25 seen

The original eighteen cows were all together in or around the cow shed at 16:20 this afternoon. Steers 20, 21, 30, 35, 222 and 227 were all lying down and relaxing outside the shed. Steer 33 had buried himself in some bracken behind the shed. They appeared to be enjoying the slightly cooler conditions, but were still being bothered by numerous flies. The others were all either lying down or standing in the shed. Several were snoozing. They all appeared to be well, despite the rather poor ventilation in the shed. At 16:45, cow 214 got up and wandered outside, stopping to say hello. She then walked over the wooden footbridge and lay down in some leaves under the shade of the nearby trees. She rested for a while, before starting to chew her cud. Cow 940 was lying down for my entire visit, so I didn't get to see if she was still limping today. Sussex cows 211, 212 and 1396 plus steers 1626 and 1640 were all happily grazing in the pasture to the north of James Bond pond around ///beep.depend.hook at 17:25. Like yesterday, they had found a nice spot, which was being kept cool by the breeze. Cow 211 came and said hello and thoroughly enjoyed a long back rub. I received a couple of head rubs and some licks as a thank-you. I then went off looking for steers 197 and 210 in the surrounding areas, before spotting them from the little ridge in the pasture. They both emerged from the gorse bushes around ///sizing.attic.receive at 17:50. They soon wandered over, mooing a couple of times before stopping off to say hello. The boys were soon reunited with their herd mates. All seven had started to graze together when I said my goodbyes at 18:15. The cows were all good today.