Friday September 10th

The lambs were rather easier to count today as there was much less running around going on. Not sure why this should be . Either way I accounted for all 49 without too much trouble . The grazing team added a mature ewe while I was there , the theory I gather being that this grown up animal will teach the other more excitable youngsters that humans are actually friendly and helpful and should not be run away from at every turn .. it will be interesting to see how this works in practice .  The lambs all looked fine and there were no limpers that I could see . Their trough is working fine . Have a good weekend 

Julian bevis 

Ewe has been added tag number 209

We have added a ewe for ease of bucket training with the lambs. So now there are 49 lambs plus one adult shetland ewe (209). A new total of 50 sheep. 

Thursday September 9th

 Good to be back at Barton meadow . Counting the lambs proved a case of easier said than done but I got there in the end . I am pretty confident that the 49 are all still there although let’s hope that subsequent events don’t prove me wrong . They all look well albeit not yet settled in their new accommodation and therefore rather prone to taking flight at the slightest provocation . 

Julian bevis 

GRAZING UPDATE

49 lambs have been added to the smaller cut feild. All have been vaccinated and treated for flys. 

Wardening 13/8/21

Painted lady and peacock photo bomb.

Some light litter on paths, but very little. More around the benches, but still not much. More at the bmx course at the top of the hill.

Nice chats and compliments from various members of the public.

The ant mats even had a couple of slows worm under one of them. 

Lots of dragonflies, damselflies, butterflies and bees.

Common blue (?) damselfly

A brown lady blue

Photo 30/06

Photo 02/06/21

Oxeye daisies just starting to emerge mostly in the uncut areas.