Wednesday 5th November - All 25 seen

At 14:50, a group of eleven cattle were spread out near ///solves.refills.corn, south of the cow shed. Most were foraging for acorns or grazing enthusiastically on the grass along the fence line. They gradually moved northwest, before following the path toward the cow shed and stopping to drink from puddles and the stream along the way. Afterwards, they continued foraging for acorns in the area southeast of the shed. All were very friendly, taking breaks from grazing to come over, say hello, and enjoy plenty of strokes and rubs.

By 15:25, steers 30 and 197, along with cows 211 and 1396, were grazing contentedly in the thicket near ///rate.globe.aside, at the Royal Pavilion end of the site. After a while, they seemed to realise the others had moved on, so they made their way quickly through the thicket and followed Sunny Hill Road down to the area east of the Sandy Bowl. However, finding no other herd mates there, they rested briefly before following me west to join up with the third group of cattle.

At 15:45, the remaining ten cattle were foraging for acorns beneath the trees along the path near ///skin.breath.they. Steers 20, 21, 210, 219, 1626, and 1640, along with cows 72, 212, 234, and 940, were all very friendly, happily accepting strokes and rubs as I checked on them. Before long, steers 33, 222, and 270 came wandering up the path from the north to join the group. Youngster 222 came straight over for more attention, leaning in for another long neck and back rub before thanking me with gentle head rubs.

By 16:15, most of the cattle had begun following the path west, briefly gathering near ///mows.theory.harp before continuing together through the pastures to the south. After a short grazing stop, they resumed foraging for acorns beneath the trees along the main path to the south. A few stragglers soon caught up, mooing loudly as they approached the main group. All were happy, relaxed, and in good condition — though they were consuming a large number of acorns today.

I said my goodbyes at 16:45 as dusk settled over the site. As I was leaving, the remaining cattle from the first group were making their way over to join the rest of the herd.

The cows were all good today.