Saturday 20th May - All 15 seen

The cows were all lying down relaxing on their favourite Sandy Hill corner at 10:30 this morning.  In addition to the glorious sunshine, there was a gentle breeze which was keeping them cool.  The cows were alternating between snoozing, chewing their cud, getting up and stretching, and lying back down.

I noticed that yearling 270 had a tick bite in the "pit" of his front left-hand leg (photo below).  It was a little red, but didn't appear to be causing him any issues.

The cows were all good this morning.

Thursday 18th May - All 15 seen

Cows 21, 30 and 230 were lying down, resting and chewing their cud in the area around ///behalf.eggs.each just along from the Lookout at 17:15 this afternoon.  They were all very relaxed.  No idea what youngster 230 had been up to, but he had mucky feet :).

Cows 20, 35, 270, 271 and 940 were lying down around ///nation.etchings.jungle at the Shell garage end of site at 17:55.  They were all resting or chewing their cud.  Older cow 33 was standing alongside them, chewing his cud.

Cows 72, 219, 220, 222 and 228 were all happily munching on grass in the area around ///erupted.wove.pure.  Youngster 217 was grazing a bit further into the trees in the same area.   

Cow 72 still had a lot of visible tick bites on her hind quarters.   They didn't appear to be causing her any issues, though. She was moving fine and was munching away happily.   A number of other cows also had tick bites on their bodies as well.

The cows were all good today.

Wednesday 17th May - All 15 seen

A mixed group of twelve cows were spread out in the area around ///boot.sorry.juggles at 15:55 this afternoon.  They were all lying down, resting in the warm afternoon sun.  Unfortunately, there were a lot of flies around again today and the cows were all being bothered.

The other three, older cow 20 and youngsters 219 and 228, were munching on grass on the other side of the path around ///custom.pave.dating.   They were fairly widely spread out, too, but were wandering around happily.

By 16:45 all but five of the cows had got up and had started to graze.   Older cow 72 remained lying down, so I didn't get a chance to properly check her today.

The cows were all good today.

Tues 16th - staff check

Damaged fence repaired.

All 15 seen in 2 groups at either end of sandy hill

77 (with radio collar) has a lot of ticks on her hind quarters. Will inform grazing team.

Sunday 14th May - All 15 seen - damaged fence section

Cows 72, 219, 222 and 940 were all munching on grass on Sandy Hill around ///slides.clef.cages at 10:30 this morning.  They were all happy and appeared to be enjoying ths sunshine.  It looked like they were heading for their favourite corner.

An hour later, a mixed group of eight cows were found around ///globe.rules.rushed at the Shell Garage end of site.  Cows 20, 21, 30, 217 and 228 were lying down, relaxing and chewing their cud.  The two new yearlings 270 and 271 were in the middle of the group.  Yearling 271 was lying down under the shade of a tree, with yearling 270 stood beside him.  After a while, yearling 270 cautiously wandered over and said hello.  Older cow 33 was munching on leaves from the trees behind the main group.

Having not found the other three, cows 35, 220 and 230, I wandered back along Sandy Hill and found them with the first four at 12:20.  Youngsters 220 and 222 were munching on grass together just along from the corner.  Youngster 230 was lying down on the corner beside older cows 72 and 940.  Youngster 219 was standing beside them, chewing his cud.  Older cow 35 was eating leaves from the bushes behind them.

I noticed a damaged fence section alongside the muddy path in the wooded area at ///grasp.reception.include.  Unlikely a cow could escape through it with the barbed wire still intact, so not an emergency today, but will need fixing.

The cows were all good today.

Saturday 13th May - All 15 seen

Thirteen cows were all together in the area around //perch.belly.tools at 10:05 this morning.  Cows 222, 230 and 940 were busy munching on grass.  The other ten were spread out, all lying down, resting or chewing their cud.  The two newbie yearlings, cows 270 and 271, were lying down amongst the group.  They were together and were lying close to youngster 220.  They were looking well and appeared to have been accepted by the others.

After about 15 minutes, older cows 30 and 35 appeared from a south-west direction.  They emerged from over the small incline, grazing on heather as they joined the main group.  Cow 30 lay down to relax, while cow 35 joined the other three, who were still grazing.

By 10:40 the cows had all got up and were grazing together in the surrounding area.  Again, the two yearlings stuck close to each other as you'd expect, but were grazing as part of the herd.  A couple of the other cows had a little sniff at them, but nothing more than that.

The cows were all good today.

12th May 2 NEW COWS (Grazing team)

Hi all, There are now 2 new cows on site 270 and 271. These are last years calves and both boys

They may take some time to settle in so if you see them separate/fighting do not be alarmed! 

This takes the total cows to 15.

Thank you for all your work and happy lookering! 

Lottie (Grazing team)