Sunday 30th April - All 8 seen

Three ponies were grazing in the sunshine in the area around ///series.chimp.twirls at 09:20 this morning. The other five were grazing beyond the bushes on the other side of the path. They slowly wandered over and joined the others, continuing to eat.

I had a nice chat with three ladies from the Thames Basin Heaths team who were going to do a bit of bird spotting on site. They had kindly carried out fence checks during the recent pipeline construction project.

The ponies were all happy and very relaxed today.

Saturday

 All found on Saturday morning looking fine. Apologies for late blog.

Friday 28th - Staff Check

Found all 8 ponies on the side of Brocks Hill. All looking well and happily grazing away. No issues to report. Bumped into Gordon too whilst I was here, I'm sure he'll provide a much more detailed account of the Ponies in due course! 

Friday 28th April - All 8 seen

The ponies were all grazing in the area around ///degrading.myth.powers at 13:55 this afternoon. They were all very relaxed and happily munching away. Several ponies had a few flies on their noses, but they didn't appear to be causing any issues. Met Tom from the Reserves team while on site, who was completing his site checks. The ponies were all good today.

Thursday April 27th. All seen.

 All seen, wet but well.

Rebecca

All 8 at south of site

All eight ponies were spread out grazing on the cleared ground between the track and racecourse (D6) at 1600 today. I watched them for a while through binoculars from the top of Brock's Hill before coming down for a closer look. They all appear content and well.

Sunday 23rd April - All 8 seen

Six ponies were spread out happily grazing in the area around ///pulses.incur.rocker at 12:10 this afternoon.   The two collared ponies were grazing a bit further north around ///pool.blogging.year.  

Twenty minutes later, seven of the ponies had come together and were continuing to graze in the swampy land around ///thirsty.bead.guards.   The white pony had been left behind and was wading in a pool of water, munching on the long grass at the side.

The ponies were all good today.

Friday 21st April - All 8 seen

Four ponies were happily grazing in the area around ///late.rotation.disarmed at 17:00 this afternoon.  The other four were enjoying holly leaves from the bushes close to the racecourse fence line.   They soon wandered over and joined the other four.

The ponies were all good this afternoon.

Thursday 20th April. All seen.

 Yes, All found too.

Rebecca

Fence repairs

 Hello. Fyi contractors repaired sections of the fence, on the western fence line, nearest the pub yesterday. We replaced around 20 posts and repaired the wobbly kissing gate towards the Aldershot Rd, all supervised by Fisher German as very close to the fuel pipe. 

Checked the ponies and all 8 looking good, grazing on the east side of the hill

Many thanks

Tuesday All 8 seen just below the hill

Monday 17th April - All 8 seen

Called by on Monday evening as I might not be able to get out today (Gas Man coming).  All eight ponies were spread out on the NE slope of Brock's Hill (C4/5) grazing or browsing the gorse.  They all look well although one was stamping a hind leg while she ate.

Sunday 16th April - All 8 seen

One pony was lying down, resting around ///justifies.packets.chicken at 12:35 this afternoon. She was very calm and relaxed. She did have a couple of flies on her nose, but they didn't appear to be bothering her. The other seven were spread out grazing in the area around ///settle.salary.fools a short time later. They all seemed happy enough. The ponies were all good today.

Saturday

 All the ponies found at 9am. In two groups of four on the east and north sides of the hill. All looking fine. 

Friday 14th April - All 8 seen

The ponies were all happily grazing amongst the trees and bushes in the area around ///jetliner.grins.however at 15:30 this afternoon.   They were sheltering from the rain showers.

When I was leaving them, they decided to follow me back to Brock's Hill, where they continued to graze.

The ponies were all good today.

Thursday 13th April. All ponies seen.

 All eight were happily dozing in the sun or eating gorse. No issues.

Rebecca

Tues 11th All 8 seen

Lying in the sun

All 8 ponies could be seen from the top of Brock's Hill at 1000 this morning lying in the sun on the racecourse side of the track (D6).  When they spotted me on the hill they started to get up and wander in my direction; perhaps my green gilet fooled them into thinking I was a ranger. They all appeared very well and content. It may be just an appearance but the collar on one of the two collared ponies looks quite tight (see photo, the one nearest).

Sunday 9th April - All 8 seen

Happy Easter!

The ponies were all happily grazing in the area around ///renting.series.tycoons at 11:50 this morning. Seven were out in the open enjoying the warm sunshine, whilst the other was munching amongst the gorse bushes behind them.

All eight had made it to the area around ///decay.digs.flop by 12:20 where they continued to graze.

The ponies were all good today.

Friday 7th April - All 8 seen

Three ponies were found grazing at the side of the main path around ///future.unfit.fancy at 13:05 this afternoon.  They were all happily eating grass.  The other five were found in the swampy area around ///graphic.desire.graph a short while later.  They were all wading through the water, munching as they went.   The first three soon joined them.

The ponies were all good today.