Sunday 29th September - All 25 seen

This morning at 09:00, Sussex steers 197 and 1640, along with cow 212, were found grazing near the water tower. Twenty minutes later, cows 211 and 1396 were discovered further west near ///puppy.foggy.scores. Cow 211 was her usual friendly self, and came over to say hello and receive a back scratch, giving me head rubs and licks in return. They continued grazing southwest and didn't seem in any rush to rejoin the others. I didn't spot steer 210, so I returned to the first group and found him grazing in the thicket near the fence by the Shell garage. All six were happy and looked well.

Steers 33, 217, 270 and 1626 were happily grazing on the slope near ///rant.binder.fried at 10:00. They were slowly descending and enjoying lots of grass. Despite searching the surrounding area, I couldn't find any more of the herd.

By 10:25, cows 72, 214 and 234, along with steers 20, 219, 220, 227, 228, 230 and 271, were grazing near ///troll.dawn.joins. They all slowly emerged from the bushes to the north and began eating grass and heather. Steer 30, who had been deep in a gorse bush, soon came out to be checked. Several came to greet me, With steer 230 particularly enjoying a long back rub while chewing his cud. They all seemed happy, relaxed and looking well.

I returned to the second group at 10:50, and found the four steers now grazing in the thicket on the opposite side of the path to where they were earlier. Steers 21, 35 and 222 had joined them, grazing deep in the bushes, but all appeared fine. I continued looking for cow 940 without any success. Just before 11:00, I heard some mooing coming from the top of Sandy Hill and found yearling 270 heading west. Following him led me to cow 940, who was grazing at the far end of the hill. The group of eight looked happy and healthy.

The cows were all good today.