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Emergency Procedure

If you need to report an emergency to us such as injured or escaped livestock or damaged infrastructure please follow this procedure:

Call the office on 01256 381190.
If no one answers, wait for the answering message which will detail the name and mobile number of the member of staff who is currently on call.
Phone the on-call member of staff who will then respond accordingly.

NOTES:

Please do not phone a member of staff directly unless you know they are on-call.

If you are unsure if a particular situation qualifies as an emergency then please phone the on-call member of staff anyway so that they can make the decision on how to proceed.

Most importantly of all – please do not report injuries or sick animals via the blog alone – always call the emergency on-call contact.

Thank you!

Saturday, 2 May 2026

3pm, Sat 2 May, happened upon the 4 cows against the fence line towards Miles hill.

2 sitting and 2 standing amongst dense trees, appeared to be fine. W3W Il/broadens.tribe.panther

Saturday

My first time looking for cows on this site for a few years and hasn’t the vegetation grown! Anyway I couldn’t find them today. No obvious recent signs of them using the pasture pumps either.

Friday, 1 May 2026

All 4 cows looking well

I checked the 4 today and they look very well. Btw just in case anyone was wondering, they are British White/ Shetland crosses. I haven't seen them before as they've been in S Hants for years.

Re water: the ditch ( W3W; graver.clincher.tabs) running out of the silt reservoir does have water in it, about a foot, along the lenght of it, so Graham must have looked at another ditch!

We'd be really keen to know if the cows are using the pasture pumps (W3W; barbarian.notice.honest) ok; if anyone sees them using them it would be appreciated if you could blog that please. Thanks.

Speaking to Gordon earlier he informed me that some Landmarc staff do change the red Danger sign when unlocking the pedestrian gate, so sorry Carolyn my info wasn't correct. Although we both suspect that some don't change the sign!

Thanks for your help.

Wednesday, 29 April 2026

29 April Staff Check

All 4 seen and ok. No water in ditch only pasture pumps.

Monday, 27 April 2026

Entry to Test Track

Yes it's fine to go into Test Track if the gate is unlocked.

The Red Danger sign is displayed there permanently, which I appreciate isn't very clear.

Thanks for the question Carolyn.

2.45pm Mon 27 April, the red Danger sign was displayed although the gate was unlocked, so decided I shouldn’t venture in? I couldn’t see them from the gate unfortunately.

Please advise if the gate being unlocked means it is okay to enter.

Monday 27th April - Test Track Water - Pasture Pump

I had intended to get in touch today to ask whether the pasture pumps belonged to HIWWT and were for the cattle, so thank you for the update. I spotted them yesterday while making my way down to find the cattle. Below is a photo of one of the two pumps.