Sunday 11th May - All 3 seen

At 16:20 this afternoon, steer 178 was lying down, relaxing and chewing his cud in the pasture by the Test Track gate, near ///reach.only.unearthly. He was happy to receive plenty of head, ear, and neck strokes, which also gave him a bit of relief from the many flies. Steer 75 was having a good scratch against a tree in the area behind, but soon came over for a few curious sniffs before settling down in the shade. Steer 257 was lying down in the bushes close to steer 75, also resting and chewing his cud. Steer 178 enjoyed more strokes and rubs until just before 17:00, when he got up and started grazing. I noticed that the cattle can't graze right up to the bushes along the fence line at the eastern end of the pasture without their collars triggering a warning sound. It happened with steer 178 today, and also on Friday afternoon when steer 257 tried to browse in the bushes. Around 17:00, all three steers wandered off to the northwest, happily grazing on the fresh grass as they went. They gradually followed the path to the bushes beside the Gelvert Stream, where they tucked into the abundance of leaves. The stream was flowing, and there was plenty of extra drinking water available in the pond too. I said my goodbyes at 17:30, leaving them all peacefully grazing. The cows were all good today.