Saturday 3rd October - All 3 seen

At 15:20 this afternoon, the boys were waiting for me by the path sixty metres northwest of the entrance by Hawley Hard, near ///haven.severe.reclined. Youngster 278 greeted me with a moo when he spotted me approaching before wandering over to say hello and enjoy the first of many neck scratches. Youngsters 282 and 283 were lying down on opposite sides of the path but soon got up to greet me and enjoy plenty of strokes and rubs. The boys were happy, relaxed, and looking well.

After our initial greetings, the boys soon gathered around me and began to relax and chew their cud. They each took turns leaning in for long neck, shoulder, and back rubs, thoroughly enjoying the attention. Youngster 278 especially enjoyed having the underside of his chin scratched, stretching his neck right out to give me easy access. The boys were very affectionate, offering gentle head rubs and licks after enjoying plenty of strokes.

Around 16:35, after enjoying a relaxing back scratch, youngster 278 settled down in the sand to rest and chew his cud. Youngsters 282 and 283 both enjoyed more fuss before settling down on the grass to the south of the path. At one point, youngster 282 stretched right out on his side, enjoying a belly scratch. 

I said my goodbyes shortly before 17:00, leaving them resting peacefully. The boys were all content and showed no signs of acorn poisoning.

Before leaving, I went to check the trough, which was once again covered with a layer of pine needles and leaves from the tree above. I gave it a thorough clean and made sure it was full in case the boys stopped by later for a drink.

The cattle were all good today.

Friday 2 Oct 26. (11.00 - 11.15) All 3 Seen in H6. All Well.

 All three were grazing just ten yards north of the main sandy track.  No drooling and all were moving OK.  

 

Jet check

We have been out his morning to check on Jet after the report from yesterday. 

We are happy though that there aren't any issues and he is fit and well.

Thanks

Grazing team

Thursday 1st Oct - All good, I think. See blog.

​Seen all 3 boys. They look well.  No drooling in sight. They were munching away enjoy the new grass. 

Jet’s tummy (or maybe one of his tummies (or compartments)) seemed a little larger than the others. Is that normal? See picture. Other than that, all is good.

 

Wednesday 30th. Morning

 Checked the water trough first, it was all Ok

As I then walked across the site to find the cows I looked for Oak trees.  There are quite a lot of them around!  I found out that not only are there the English Oaks we all know but a lot of Pin Oaks (that's what I believe they are called). They have much larger leaves and their acorns are of a different shape.

I did take note of the W3W locations of the ones I came across if it would be useful?

Finally found 282 on his own.  He was by the look of it eating the bracket fungus on the Silver Birch!  Hope that is not poisonous.

Managed to find the other 2 who were by the main entrance.  They were there as there was a Volunteer Working Party clearing some of the small firs.  Stopped to have a chat before heading home.

They all appeared OK

Tuesday 29th September - All 3 seen

At 14:30 this afternoon, youngster 283 met me at the side of the path just along from the entrance by Hawley Hard, near ///basics.sundial.mailings. As I approached, he greeted me with a soft moo before wandering over to say hello. He thoroughly enjoyed a long neck and back scratch before we headed northeast through the thicket to look for youngsters 278 and 282. We soon found them grazing among the long grass about 125 metres away, near ///lightly.bolts.hunk. The boys took turns coming over to say hello, with both enjoying plenty of strokes and rubs.

After our initial greetings, the boys soon formed a loose circle around me and began to relax and chew their cud. They took turns leaning in for long neck, shoulder, and back rubs, thoroughly enjoying the attention. Youngster 282 was particularly affectionate, offering gentle head rubs after having the sides of his neck scratched. The boys were happy, relaxed, and looking well.

I said my goodbyes at 15:10, leaving youngster 278 resting peacefully in the grass, with the other two boys looking ready to settle down beside him. The boys were all content and showed no signs of acorn poisoning.

The cattle were all good today.

I will be unable to Check on the Cattle on Sunday 4 October. Apologies