Sunday 10th May - All 4 seen

Shortly after 15:00 this afternoon, the cattle were gathered to the east of the reservoir, near ///elevates.destiny.shining. Steer 207 was lying down, relaxing and chewing his cud, while the other three stood under the trees. They occasionally rubbed themselves against the branches for a good scratch. After a short while, they slowly began edging forward one by one to say hello and give me a few sniffs. Afterwards, they drifted over to the area east of the trees to stand and chew their cud. About fifteen minutes later, steer 207 also got up, had a big stretch, and joined the others. All four were happy, relaxed, and looking well.

The cattle continued to rest peacefully and chew their cud, occasionally wandering off to graze on the grass growing around the gorse. Around 15:25, steer 200 wandered over to where I was standing and seemed content to simply stand beside me while relaxing and chewing his cud. I said my goodbyes at 15:45, leaving them all resting.

As I was leaving, I checked the pasture pumps. While there were no signs that the cattle had been drinking from them, there was some debris floating on the surface of the water, so I gave both pumps a bit of a clean. There was also plenty of drinking water available in the ditch.

The cattle were all good today.

Note: I did attempt to check on the cattle on Friday 8th May at 18:00, but the gate was locked, and the red danger signs were being displayed.

Saturday 9th May - Pony Update - Betty Boo has had her foal

Nicky let me know that Betty Boo gave birth to a beautiful filly foal this morning, and I’m happy to report that both mum and her little one are doing well.

The foal looks absolutely gorgeous. ❤️

Saturday

 Gate was padlocked and red sign was up at 9am so I didn’t enter the site. No sign of them from the gate. 

All 4 looking fine

 Checked on the 4 today - they were near the gate into Test Track from Brock's Hill.

I checked the water situation: the ditch still has plenty of water in it and signs that they have been drinking from there. No obvious signs they're using the pasture pumps but of course they were no where near them at the time!

Thanks

11am, Mon 4th May, All 4 found easily with help of the No fence tracking,

Actually in the same place as Saturday along the fence line near to Miles Hill

W3W I|/class.reserved.reputable

They seemed to be resting amongst the trees, sitting down and looking dozy

Sunday 3rd May - All 4 seen

At 14:00 this afternoon, the cattle were grazing in the thicket just off the main path, around 130 metres southeast of the Test Track gate, near ///delusions.tunnel.lousy. They were enjoying a mix of long grass, gorse, and fresh silver birch leaves. After a short while, they drifted north into a more open area, where they stood to relax and chew their cud. Steer 207 soon lay down to rest.

The other three were more curious and slowly stepped around steer 207, making their way towards where I was standing. They initially kept their distance before cautiously stepping forward, one by one, to stand fairly close and chew their cud. I sat down on a patch of grass, and they gradually began to relax fully. After a while, all three settled down to rest.

I said my goodbyes at 14:50, leaving them all resting peacefully. They were happy, relaxed, and looking well.

Before leaving, I took a walk to check the water levels in the ditch, and there was still plenty of drinking water available. There was no sign that they had used the pasture pumps, though.

The cows were all good today.

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