Wednesday 27th March

 All 16 cows spread across the smaller field mostly grazing. Rather wet and windy. No problems seen.

Reserve Update

Hi all,

The cows have free roam of both parcels with the corral gates being open, please ensure they are left open.

As has been the case the electric fence is dismantled.

You will probably notice there is a lot of electric fence stakes dotted through out the reserve, particularly around the edge of the reserve. They have been laid out for the butterfly transect route as a reminder for the surveyors of the route. So from April you could come across people walking that transect, please join them if you have time and are interested :)

We will continue through spring to remove sycamore and buddleia from the education area. Clematis has been removed from the fenceline by the railway for fence longevity. And the tree guards have been removed by thr south of the reserve on the tarmac path.

Thanks all for your continued support,

Sam

Tue 19 Mar

 All 16x cattle seemed fine. Grouped together, grazing. No concerns.

Trough fine. 

A pair of buzzards and six roe seen.

Sun 17 Mar

 All 16x counted. All seem fine. Most were lying down, including #105. I encouraged her to up, which she did without struggling. She wasn't keen to move far, so I couldn't see whether she's lame but she seems ok.

Trough full.

Metal detectorist

 

This chap had been working his way across the nature reserve, actively searching and digging, but had not gone into the grazing enclosures. He was on the arable field when I caught up with him. He was friendly, volunteered the fact that he shouldn't have been there (I didn't need to say anything) and he packed up and left. 

Thu 14th Mar

One cow is lame on its back left #300105 (I'm only certain of the last 3 digits). It's moving around, but struggling to put weight on it, although I can't see swelling or an injury.

All others seem fine. Fence and trough fine.

Wednesday 13th March

 3 cows were by the water trough and the rest further down the small field, mostly laying down.

All looked ok, no problems seen.

Grazing team- cattle moved

Cattle moved in to second back meadow today.

Wednesday 6th March

 Foggy to start with but the sun soon came through. All 16 cows grazing across the centre of the field, no problems seen. Several skylarks around. Electric fence working.