Thursday 7th May

Hadrian post - cows all looking well and trough working.

Tuesday 5th May

 6 cows quietly chewing cud at northerncebd. Water trough okay. 

Good scattering of buttercups and cats ear/hawkweed (?) amongst the renaining cowslips. Spotted a few clumps of birds foot trefoil along the northern end of eastern meadow, and a young deer laying down on its own. No sign of the other two deer.

Monday 4th May

 Checked the cows in the early evening, all 6 were progressing their way up the left hand side of the small field alongside the railway track. Some welcome rain after a long dry spell. Only one deer spotted, I regularly used to see 5-6 in this field.

Monday 4/5/26

 All 6 resting calmly at the southern end of the small meadow. One stood up as if to keep an eye on me when I entered the meadow to check the trough. I walked up the big meadow to check the gate had been closed behind the cows. It had lots of jackdaws bathing in the trough of the big meadow. Also lots of tiny brown/grey/orange butterflies. I’ll look them up later! 

Friday the 1st of May

 6 cows on the northern end of the field around the connecting gate. Trough working fine. Sun shining, birds singing, couldn’t be more idyllic.