Another interesting day at Caesars Camp

This morning Alex and Elliot managed to return another stray cow to Caesars Camp. It was one of the Hereford crosses that is predominantly white with some black on it. The herd of 4 that have stuck together were seen at lunch time in Q4 (in the 'Whales Tail' near the corral). I spent much of the day at Caesars Camp trying to locate the individual cow so I could encourage it back to the main herd, so it wouldn't leave Caesars Camp whilst searching for them.

We got a call at lunch time from someone saying that they had a black cow in their garden! It was secure in the garden and wasn't a problem getting it into a trailer. It has now gone back to the grazier's farm to join the other 2 that were rescued from a different garden yesterday.

So to clarify... There are 5 cows on site. 4 in a herd and the white and black cow that was put back in this morning, and is on its own. I'll be on hand over the weekend so give me a call if needed on; 07770918372

Missing cow/cows update

After traipsing through much of the woods and most of the gardens (with consent, may I add) of Ewshot we decided to call it a day searching for the missing cow. As it stands there are deffinately 4 cows on Caesars Camp and almost certainely another individual (Black and White) on its own on the site. Hopefully they will regroup with time.

The 2 cows that were rescued from someone's garden have not been put back on site today, and have gone back to the grazier's farm for the time being.

The search will continue tomorrow, hopefully someone will have spotted it by then. We'll let you know of any changes to cattle numbers on Caesars Camp

Help find the missing cow!

The good news is that four of the cows are definitely inside caesar's camp fence. However, some of the cows have been sighted in Ewshot.

Alex, Mike, Elliott and Rob have managed to round up two cows into the trailer.

That leaves two missing cows. We think one is on site and one off site. Elliott is searching inside the fence and Alex is searching outside the fence.

We have checked the perimeter and gates and everything is stockproof. Apparently the army were training last night with blank rounds being fired. It is likely this spooked the cows and they either jumped the fence or got over the cattle grid. They will get used to the noises but we desperatley need them back inside the fence so they are safe from cars on the road, before dark at 5:30pm!!

You can help us by checking inside the fence to see if they are inside the fenceline.

Please can you call or text us with the squares you have searched.

Alex 07789 096330
Elliott 07833 387319
Mike 07770 918372
Rachel at the office 01256 381190 mob after 4:15pm 07786 678604

Our mobile phone batteries may run out, if you do find a cow, stay nearby and call through our numbers until someone answers.


Good luck!!
Rachel

snowy caesars camp

Wednesday 16.00. my first time up at Caesars since July, and what a shock cold and snow on the ground. i read the blog before leaving home and i thought the cattle would not have gone far from the gate, wrong, i cycled through the woods and over to the farnham road area, but eventually found them not far from Caesars camp at block 22-23, m-n. they were curious of me at first but soon resumed eating grass, all 8 were together and they looked fine. managed to get home before dark.

As Elliott's post says, the cattle have arrived back onto Caesar's Camp in a bit of a 'winter wonderland'.

All 8 were seen again at about 1pm in square S6. I finally got the tracking device to work, so the Grazing Project team should have less problem finding them. I'm afraid the bit of kit is expensive, so I can't give them out to every looker - much as I would love to!

Here are a couple of photos to make sure that you are checking the right animals! Thanks to Steve Blacker for coming along and taking the photos.

Cattle out onto Caesars Camp

Hello everyone,



Well, despite mother nature’s best efforts to delay our re-introduction of the cattle onto Caesars Camp I can now confirm that 8 cattle (all Hereford/Aberdeen Angus Crosses 5 black and three red) have been re-introduced onto the site, via the entrance at Beacon Hill Road.



Those eagle-eyed observers of you will notice that one of these cattle has a collar attached to it. This is in fact a radio collar which continually transmits a signal which will allow us to locate them with our receiver. This will really help us to monitor their movements when they are first put back onto the site. We as a project team will be checking the cows everyday, at least once, so rest assured if you cannot find this initially smaller herd that for the next fortnight at least we will have seen them.



All the best with your lookering and give me a call/text/email/blog if you need anything. Please remember to let us know how your lookering went,



Elliott

Lead poisoning

Hello all.
Thanks for reading the blog. We are fairly confident that all of the lead contamination has been removed from Caesar's Camp however we cannot be certain.
We are therefore taking a few cautionary measures to reduce the risk of further poisoning:

• we are only putting a very small number (4 or 5) of cattle out
• we will keep a very close eye on them - members of the team and the farmer will be checking them every day. We are using a radio tracker to locate them more quickly.
• we will report anything suspicious quickly to the farmer.

It would be great if you could help us out with this. Please keep to your rota (and any spare time you may have!) and keep a note of where you see them. If you see any strange behaviour, or any of the symptoms listed below please REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY. Thank you for your help.

Initial signs include depression, loss of appetite or occasionally diarrhoea. The central nervous system may be affected and cause cattle to grind their teeth, bob their head, or twitch their eyes or ears. Some animals may circle, press their head or body against objects, or become uncoordinated and stagger. Muscle tremors, excitement, mania, blindness or convulsions may also be seen.

Thanks Alex