Friday 9th December - All 11 seen

The ponies were all together in the area around ///complies.carrots.range at 14:15 this afternoon.   Met the two newbies who were looking happy and settled in their new home.  Seven were up and about grazing.  The original with the headband was lying down initially, but soon got up and started grazing with the others.

The three cows were found grazing in gorse bushes around ///modules.narrates.crisp about 20 minutes later.  They seemed happy to have a visitor, but soon got back to munching.

There was plenty of drinking water in the woods near Aldershot Road.  There were some large frozen puddles near where the ponies were grazing, which I broke up.  A couple of the ponies were interested in what I was doing and came over and immediately took a drink.   There were no issues with the fences.

The cows and the ponies were all good today.

Checked pipeline fence today - all fine

 I walked the fence parallel with the pipeline today to be on the safe side and I'm pleased to say all's well.

I have contacted Fisher German to report the fence damage from last week and they assure me they should now be working only within the blue roped strip, so not too near our grazing fence. I have also spoken to some of the guys on site. 

Saw the 3 cows and 5 ponies but it was getting too dark to check them properly!

All 11 in the far SW corner

We were saved a hunt today by hearing a bellow from the far SW corner of the site as we crossed the grid next to the corral at 1100 today.  One of the cows was calling the other two who, it turned out, were only a short distance away behind some gorse. Nearby were the ponies, all eight of them in the trees close to the racetrack.  Cows and ponies all look well.  We checked the fence all the way up beside the pipeline works and it remains intact.  The mud is drying up (saving a paddle at the kissing gate) but there is plenty of water in the ponds.

Final 2 extra NF ponies added today: final total 8 NF ponies & 3 cows

 The NF grazier drove up today and delivered the final 2 NF ponies, so we now have 8 ponies in total and 3 British White cattle on site.  I saw all of them today and all are looking well.

Thanks very much indeed for reporting the damage to the fence and it was great that Harry & Alex were able to get there so quickly and repair it. Thanks All!! I will be following up with the contractors tomorrow about this damage to try to ensure that it doesn't happen again.

I will check the fence parallel to the Esso fuel pipe regularly while the Esso contractors are working there and if anyone else has time to check as well, that would be very much appreciated.

Thanks again

Sunday 4th December - All 9 seen

All six ponies were happily grazing in the area around ///curry.highly.prepped at 13:15 this afternoon.  They were all munching on gorse.  A couple were initially buried deep in some gorse bushes but soon emerged.

Cow 214 came over to the path at ///loaded.grad.skies to say hello at 13:35.  The other two were munching deep in gorse bushes around ///hillsides.with.spotted.  Cow 214 soon joined them.

The cows and the ponies were good today.

Saturday

 No sign of any of the cows or the ponies this morning despite spending ages walking around the site. Will try again later if have time. 

Thursday 1st December - All 9 seen

Shortly after arriving at site today, I noticed damage to three sections of fence in the far southwest corner at ///double.workers.glassware.  I reported it to Harry, who promptly arrived with his colleague to carry out the necessary repairs.  Thank you!

The six ponies were all busy grazing in the thicket around ///differ.admit.underway at 14:55.  Met the two newbies, who were looking really well and seemed to be enjoying their new home.

The cows got a double treat of cattle nuts today.  Firstly, to entice them out of hiding.  Despite a full search of the site, I didn't spot them, which I'm putting down to the thick fog!   And then, secondly, when Grace and Lottie sprayed them for flies and mites.  

The cows and the ponies were all good today.