Friday late afternoon

At least 20 were in and around O19, looking a bit dishevelled in the sleet but nothing seemed amiss with those I saw.  Unfortunately it was too dark to catch the ear tags.

Thursday am

I was perched on the concrete plinth at M28, giving the dog a treat, when no. 56 suddenly appeared next to me and proceeded to lick my hand. He looked healthy, if a little lonely.

Wed pm - up by Bricksbury Hill

Wednesday afternoon - saw a group of around 12 cattle grazing out the back of Bricksbury Hill houses and in Hungry Hill SINC (Site of Importance for Nature Conservation). They were all browsing some rather leggy gorse, reaching as high as they could to strip the plants of all greenery. I had toddlers in tow and no binoculars, so only managed to get 5 ear tag numbers, which were:

100070
200057
200106
300114
301940

All looked well.

Susanne

Nearly a Full House...

Spent a lot of today driving around the site trying to find all the cattle and got close! All-in-all I found 29 so only a handful unaccounted for. There was a lot of military training going on today and there were several areas that I couldn't access without being in the way. I suspect the remaining cattle were lurking in these areas.

I didn't find either of the intruders but I did see #44 who has obviously decided another change of scenery is in order and has jumped over from the Gelvert side again!

Most of the cattle were up behind the houses so I put two licks up there. The other lick was placed on one of the new large scrapes as I found ten cattle in that area early on.


All looking good.

The ear tags for the cattle I couldn't find are:

100063

102593

400101
600068
600075

Late post for Friday

Late Friday afternoon I was out looking for Ceasars lot and the Gelvert Lot.

I counted 33 of our animals in three groups and a single animal. I also cam across three imposters, who seem to be settling in but am wondering if the dynamic change is what has one animal on its own.

Though I didn't manage to get all ear tags due to the bad weather and rain causing my note book to be un-writable the numbers all added up so am quite sure I saw them all.

Had a lovely walk in the sunshine this morning and came across a loose group of around a dozen cattle grazing the slope down from Bricksbury Hill and Sandy Hill. Managed to get most of the tag numbers but couldn't get all of them as had a couple of mini-lookers in tow and no binoculars. All the animals we saw looked well. Individuals seen were:

68
72
91
98
101
104
106
112
700090
100056
200057

Saturday am

1 lone cow (no. 95) at I 26. Looked OK, but was noisily calling for his mates.