Saturday 28/2/26

 All 12 at the bottom part of the meadow looking comfortable. Just 3 of them up grazing and the little brown one having a drink. Trough is full and EF pulsing green. 3 roe deer the other side of the EF, 2 with their velvet antlers. Beautiful sunny afternoon with skylarks singing. 

Tuesday 24th February

 Sunny spring like morning with skylarks in full song. All 12 cows correct, water trough fine and EF pulsing. Muddy paths beginning to dry out a bit.

Met Sam when checking the cows - always good to see him. The cows came wandering over to see what was going on!

Three roe deer in eastern meadow beyond the electric fence.

Monday 23rd Feb

 Feels like spring has sprung early. Beautiful warmer day, and with the forecast it will start drying out finally! All 12 cows checked with no apparent issues. Roe deer and skylarks also present.

Sun 22 Feb

 All 12x cows fine - grazing and basking in the spring sunshine. Trough full and fence working. 

Lots of skylarks. 3x roe in the western enclosure.

Saturday 21 Feb All present and correct

 12 cows scattered around the lower part of their meadow. Electric fence working and water trough is full. One cow was right near the fence and had a sniff of me as I walked past. They all seem content. 

Friday 20th

 12 cows. Trough and electric fence all fine. The path is super slippery with the rain & mud, but not much to be done about it I expect. 

Thursday 19th feb

Hadrian check - cows all looking well and trough working 

Wednesday 18th February

 Cows right next to the gate by the houses so didn't go into the field, but I could see them all nearby grazing,some right by the footpath. Very cold and windy today,no problems seen.

Tuesday 17th February

 Beautiful morning with skyarks in fine song! 

All good - water trough and EF working fine. All 12 cows calmly grazing scattered across mid field and no bellowing. 

Dog walkers enjoying the sunshine.

Monday 16th Feb

 The original 3 were seperate from the rest in the early morning but when I had a walk into the field to check, at lunchtime, they were all together and seem to have settled in well. Persistent mooing from one of them has stopped.

I did notice one was scratching themself on the back of another, mentioned to my brother (Farmer) and he said we should ideally have some trees around the field for them to scratch themselves on, I wondered if this has been considered at all?

Saturday 14/2/26

 A beautiful sunny day. All 12 cows were at the lower end of the meadow and came to have a closer look at me while I was checking the trough. As I walked back up the hill so did they. It was lovely to see them all in the sunshine. All calm . EF working well.

Lots of birds- 2 red kites, a buzzard, sparrows, robins , great tits and a flock of  goldfinches. 3 roe deer in the western meadow. 

The one above still has electronic tag. Must be on community service. 

Friday the 13th

A double check in today, how exciting for the cows! Went earlyish today when it was misty, cows were grazing up at the top of the hill near the houses. Someone was walking by and their dog was (peacefully) nose to nose with one of the new cows - who seemed to be enjoying the attention! These new boys seem quite friendly, the owner of the dog was giving him a bit of a pat on the nose and he seemed to love it (the cow AND the human).

 

As Sheila said, trough looking healthy, and EF seems to be working fine.

 

 

Friday 13th

 12 cows all looking relaxed.EF working. After my perimeter walk I realised I can hop over the wooden fence and walk between the hedge and barbed wire fence to check the trough. All good. 

Lots of skylarks

Wednesday 11th February

 Met Sam having a look round, nice to have an update on what's happening.

12 cows all in the middle of the field, near to the middle hedge. One of the larger cows was quite vocal but all looking quite content. Trough full and electric fence working.

Tuesday 10th February

 Nice to see the 3 cows have got company! All 12 calmly grazing scattered along the central eastern side of the field. 

Water trough fine and good strong pulse on the EF. A few dog walkers sliding about on the muddy paths. A couple of roe deer in the western meadow. Lovely to hear skylarks above.

6 cattle added - new total 12 cattle

There are now 12 cattle grazing.

1x small Hereford Cross 

2 x black and white crosses

9 x British whites

Thank you for your continued support 

The grazing team

Monday 9th Feb

 Finally a drier day and the skylarks are singing away!

Cows all appear fine, congregating at the Southern end of the field. I only saw 3 cows, so assume the others were added after my check.

 

2 extra cattle added - total = 6

1 extra cow - total 4

Friday 6th

 Three cows. Rain. Cold. 

EF seems to be working fine, but I didn’t linger as one of the cows started shouting at me and then the group started to take steps towards me, so I left pretty quickly. Wouldn’t call the behaviour aggressive, but it didn’t feel particularly friendly. 

Thursday 5th February work party

All 3 cows in main field present.

We had a very productive work party despite the grisly weather! Thank you very much to everyone who came out to help!

Litterpicked the path and inner field

Cleared all the cut buddlia in the education area

Took down the electric fence in the education area 

Cut back around the kissing gate

Put cut clematis back into the hedgerow

Cut brambles from the corral and the fence line up to the row of houses 

Cut back overhanging branches over the path

Removed bowser from site

Wednesday 4th February

 The 3 cows were grazing by the water trough in the sunshine. Electric fence working. Lots of skylark activity.All good.

Tuesday 3rd February

 Wet!!!! And muddy! Though rain a bit tame compared to being in the storms in Cornwall last week!

3 cows calmly grazing by western hedge near the water trough.

EF on with good strong pulse and water trough full.

Great Tits singing loudly in the rain and nice flock of goldfinches in the trees alongside Worthy Road. Two roe deer on the other side of the electric fence watching as I tested the fence.