Sunday 8th June - All 25 seen

At 09:40 this morning, fourteen members of the Caesar's original herd, along with Sussex steers 1626 and 1640, were happily grazing in the area near ///labels.arise.flush. The group was well spread out, enjoying plenty of grass, heather, and silver birch leaves. They gradually moved south, crossed the path, and continued grazing to the west. Several came over to say hello and happily received some strokes and rubs. I noticed yearling 270 had a small bit of crust beneath his left eye, but it looked more like the result of rubbing against a tree than a problem with the eye itself. 

Meanwhile, older steers 20 and 30 were resting in the heather on the hillside to the north of Horse Pond, near ///glossed.callers.unite. They were soon joined by steer 230 and cow 234, with youngster 230 enjoying a long back rub before settling down. Around 10:30, steer 35 wandered in from the east and lay down with them. About fifteen minutes later, Sussex steers 197 and 210, along with cows 211 and 212, wandered up from the pond where they'd been drinking. They all came over to greet me before settling down. By 11:00, the final two — steer 227 and cow 1396 — arrived from the east, where they'd been grazing. Steer 227 thoroughly enjoyed a long, relaxing back rub before lying down at my feet.

Just after 11:00, I went back to check on the first group, now resting on the hillside near ///neck.vibes.thickens. Youngsters 219 and 222 were particularly friendly and enjoyed head and neck rubs, which also helped to keep the flies at bay. All fourteen were resting peacefully, content and relaxed, when I said my goodbyes at 11:30. 

I then checked back in with the second group of eleven, about 200 metres to the northeast. They, too, were lying down, resting and chewing their cud, looking happy and healthy.

The cows were all good today.