Sunday 4th October - All 4 seen

At 16:15 this afternoon, the cattle were standing just to the northeast of the main entrance. I received a lovely welcome, with them greeting me with a chorus of moos. They were all relaxing and chewing their cud, with the silver birch trees providing shade from the warm afternoon sunshine. They were all friendly, taking turns to come over to say hello and enjoy a few strokes.

Afterwards, all four gathered around me to relax and chew their cud. Cow 201 was keen to step forward and stand beside me, with me helping to keep the flies away from her face. Steers 200 and 208 both thoroughly enjoyed long back scratches, shifting around enthusiastically when I found a particularly itchy spot. Steer 207 was content to just stand close and chew his cud. All four were happy, relaxed, and in good condition.

Steer 200's walking was much improved today, with barely any sign of his previous injury, which was tremendous to see.

I said my goodbyes shortly after 17:00, leaving cow 201 and steer 207 grazing around the chestnut tree, near ///restrict.swipes.named. Steer 207 was occasionally enjoying some of the sweet chestnuts lying on the ground. Steers 200 and 208 were standing in the shade alongside the main entrance, peacefully relaxing and chewing their cud.

The cattle were all good today.

Saturday

 All found to the north of the hill at 8am. All looking fine. 

Sunday 27th September - All 4 seen

At 15:50 this afternoon, the cattle were resting at the side of the pond, relaxing and chewing their cud. As I approached, steer 200 and cow 201 got to their feet and came over to say hello, both enjoying a few strokes. Steers 207 and 208 soon followed, coming over to greet me too. Steer 200's walking still wasn't perfect today, but it was much better than when I last saw him. Judging by his muddy feet, he's certainly not having any trouble getting down to the pond for a drink! Hopefully, he's well on the mend now.

After our initial greetings, the cattle soon gathered around me to relax and chew their cud. Steers 200 and 208 took turns stepping forward to enjoy long back scratches. Steer 207 was clearly curious and soon stepped forward too. He was initially a bit unsure, but soon started to relax and enjoy it until steer 200 gave him a little dunt with his head, sending him wandering off. Cow 201 was content to just stand close and chew her cud. All four were happy, relaxed, and looking well.

Around 16:25, it started to lightly rain, but the cattle weren't the slightest bit bothered and continued to stand around me, relaxing and chewing their cud. Steers 200 and 208 were both happy to have the rain brushed off their coats before I said my goodbyes at 16:45, leaving all four peacefully resting.

There was still plenty of drinking water in the pond, with the level looking similar to last weekend. Before leaving, I took a walk over to the Fire Hydrant sign to check the water levels, where I found plenty of water remaining in both the main pool and the surrounding run-off areas.

The cattle were all good today.

Saturday

 All found spread out to the east of the hill at 9am. All looking fine and 200 seemed to be moving ok,

25th September - Staff check

All 4 behind the pond, near the racecourse fenceline. Steer 200 still a bit reluctant to walk on his front leg, perhaps still a bit tender, but doesn't seem too bad. Others all fine. 

Thursday 24th September - All 4 seen

They were easy to spot in the open at the north of the site at 1015 this morning. Initially I could only see three and the NoFence map was showing one at the SE of the site, but as I got closer I could see that the fourth was lying down near the others. All appeared well.

11.15am, Mon 21 Sep, all 4 standing in the fire hydrant area.

An easy find today and they looked to be fine although a large number of flies were bothering 208 which was the closest one to me over the fence.  Plenty of water still there but didn’t check the pond.

Also noticed the barb wire fence is still broken in that area.

I’m away next week Monday so unavailable to see them then.