SATURDAY 31st DECEMBER

Needed full waterproofs this morning. All 4 found in the gorse alongside the boundary fence next to the Gelvert Stream: the left-hand edge of Square F8 on the “Lookers Map” (link on the right of this page).

All standing, chewing their cud and looking ok if a bit bedraggled. 

Friday 30 December

All well. They followed me for a bit thinking my bag of rubbish might be something to their advantage...not pushy.

Thurs 29th Dec 2023

All four seen in very top field, looking well and a bit dryer. Grazing happily 🥰

Wednesday 28th December

 Sorry Guys, 

Due to conflicting pressures at home I didn’t manage to carry out my looking responsibility today. Looking at previous posts over the last few days hopefully the cattle are OK. 

All good

 All four found in the corner of the paddock by the canal overflow.  All looking content and playful, heifers were mounting each other so spring must be coming soon, please

Boxing day

None seen

 Christmas Day

All seen in the distance grazing amongst the gorse.

Merry Christmas moo moos.

Missed blog Friday 23 December

Forgot to blog on Friday but they were all well, just soaked to the skin and looking bedraggled.

 Saturday 24th December

All 4 grazing near the main gate.

Nil

Thurs 22nd Dec

All four very obliging today and very near gate😁 All seemed fine and grazing in the gorse happily.

231 seemed a bit quiet ( in that just standing still most of the time I was there) . Otherwise looks fine.

Happy Christmas to you all 🎄🐄

Wednesday 21st December

 All 4 cattle found in good health grazing at the South end of enclosure 

All found

All found and looking well still. Hopfully they will maintain condition for a fair few more weeks yet! No issues seen. 

Thanks for all the work this year its been very much appreciated and Merry Christmas from the Grazing team!

Monday 19 December

None seen..I may have been out too early for them to be out and about.

 Sunday 18th December

All 4 in the usual South-East Corner. Looking wet and miserable but upright and eating. They don’t seem to want to move far from this corner even though there looks like better grazing elsewhere.

 Saturday 17th December

All 4 cattle grazing in the grassy area with the poplars, a little to the south of the main gate. A woodcock flew up which is quite a rare sight nowadays.

Thurs 15th Dec

Found all four cows grazing happily on a very chilly morning 🥶 Didn’t have to walk too far down to find them.

231 has a small pink/reddish mark on inside of back right leg, photo below, doesn’t look bad.

Wednesday 14th December

 Found all 4 cattle in good health grazing at the Pondtail end of the enclosure. Checked stream  drinking areas all clear of ice and flowing. 

wed 14th dec

All 4 munching gorse at the pondtail end

Monday 12th December - Stream inlet location

Hi All,

Just popped over today to confirm there is no trough water access in the feild the cows are currently in. There's a inlet to the stream which is still flowing, this will continue to flow even in on our coldest days! ///cried.shoving.unscathed

Just a what 3 words to keep an eye on it. 

Monday 12 December

All well, grazing back in the south east corner. I walked along the canal path and noticed several large tree limbs pressing on the fence...just the two barbed strands so not an escape issue. WTW heartburn.frame.grandson....giggled grin nerves and two trees with an alarming looking lea that i havent noticed before at WTW registers.splendid.rival. Ill try to add pics...didnt manage pics but i can emeil if you want them.

Sunday 11

Seen in passing around 9 am by the gate into the other enclosure...looking a bit fluffier!

 Sunday 11th Dec

All 4 Cattle in the SE corner where they don't seem to have moved from in the past 4 days. I think they like it as it's dry there. Eating but, not surprisingly, looking a bit miserable.

Saturday 10 December

All seen today...missed yesterday due to a neighbours' SOS and completely forgot.

 Friday 9 Dec

All seen grazing in the sunlight at the top end of the field.

Thurs 8th Dec

Very pretty in the field this morning but no sign of the cows, maybe keeping warm somewhere. Had a good scout around but no luck today.

Wednesday 7th December

 All 4 cattle found in Southeast corner where stream meets canal grazing happily and in good health. 

wed 7th dec

All 4 seen at the canal end munching gorse

Monday 5 December

All well, cudding and standing around in the centre of the enclosure.

 All 4 cattle ok. Hard to find though - right next to the canal at the Pondtail Bridge end. It would have been easier to walk along the towpath from Sainsburys and then down the path to the Scout-hut at the end of Farnahm road.

Nil

All 4 Cattle found in the open area towards the canal: eating and looking fine. 231 is a bit thinner than the others but she has been this way all Summer and Autumn.

Thanks to Grace for fixing my Blog access permissions and to Carole for posting on my behalf.

Friday 2 December

All well at the north end.

Thurs 1st

Found all four in nearest top field, all look well and grazing. 225 has small pink mark in face, doesn’t look much, just noting and have added photo.