Tuesday 6th January - All 25 seen

At 11:50 this morning, twenty-two cattle were spread out along the path near ///fields.fails.rises, grazing in the gorse and foraging for acorns. Although they were quite wet, they were very friendly, coming over to greet me and enjoy plenty of strokes and rubs. After a while, most drifted north into the pasture to graze on heather and gorse or to rest. Despite a brief spell of snowfall, they remained in good spirits.

At 12:35, I found cows 72 and 214 further northeast along the path near ///bulb.fields.churn. Cow 72 was happily eating holly, while cow 214 foraged for acorns among the fallen leaves on the lower ground. Both were relaxed, content, and looking well.

While giving cow 72 a neck rub, I spotted steer 35 in the distance, walking past the trees southwest of the Sandy Bowl before disappearing into the thicket. I went to look for him and found him further west near ///calls.face.clever, clearly searching for the rest of the herd. He paused to say hello and took a short rest, but was keen to rejoin the others. After briefly heading north, he chose to follow me instead, so I led him back to cows 72 and 214, who had moved closer to the Sandy Bowl. Although pleased to have company again, he was eager to return to the main group, so all three followed me back to the pasture to meet up with the rest of the herd.

By the time we returned, several of the cattle had settled down to rest, while others relaxed and chewed their cud.

As I was leaving at 13:25, steers 21 and 210, along with cows 211 and 212, were still foraging for acorns among the fallen leaves near ///broke.police.toys.

While moving around the site, I also broke the ice on numerous puddles and on a large pool of water near ///gets.edits.potato to ensure the cattle had access to drinking water.

The cows were all good today.