Sunday 15th January - All 11 seen

The eight ponies were all eating gorse in the area around ///wings.order.shred at 10:40 this morning.  They all seemed happy and relaxed and were all looking really well.

The cows were buried deep in the gorse bushes on the western slope of Brock's Hill in the area around ///chins.plays.realm twenty minutes later.  They were all munching away.  I couldn't get close enough to cow 234 to check her properly, but she looked absolutely fine.

The cows and the ponies were all good today.

Thursday 12th jan

 All seen and no issues, plenty of water on site. Ponies looking well settled

All 11 seen

The ponies were all along the western shoulder of Brock's Hill (C5) browsing the gorse at 2.45 this afternoon while the cows were grazing to the north in D4.  All seemed content and well.  I can't be certain, but I think we also saw a pair of partridges that ran off into the cover by the racecourse. 

Fence and stock check yesterday 9th Jan; all well

 Happy New Year to you all! 

Zoe, from the Thames Basin Heaths wardening team, checked the fence line parallel with the pipeline contractors yesterday and all was good. She also reports that she saw all the livestock yesterday and they too were all looking well

Thanks

Friday 6th January - All 11 seen

The eight ponies were all grazing in the area around ///pickup.smoke.curvy at 13:15 this afternoon. They were all very relaxed as they were eating. All three cows were grazing together in the area around ///twin.glossed.diver. Cow 215 was buried deep in a gorse bush, happily munching. The cows and the ponies were all good today.

Cows relaxing, ponies in the gorse

The cows were relaxing on the western end of Brock's Hill (C5) at noon today with two ponies nearby.  The other six ponies were not visible at first but a white flank could be seen on the southern slope of the hill, deep in the gorse, when walking around the track.  Eventually we counted all eight as they edged towards us as we stood on the path to the hill top.  Cows and ponies all look very healthy.

Wednesday 4th January - All 11 seen

Happy New Year.  Wishing you a happy and healthy 2023.

Cows 214 and 234 were munching on gorse in the area around ///canoe.proved.loud at 10:30 this morning.  Cow 215 was standing close by, relaxing and chewing her cud.  She came over to say hello and was absolutely fine today.

A short while later, six of the ponies were found among the gorse bushes near the racecourse fence line. They were all happily eating gorse.   The other two ponies were buried deep in the gorse bushes around ///highs.regrowth.satin.  If it hadn't been for the tips of the white ones ears sticking up, I don't think I would have found them!

The fences were all fine today.  Plenty of water on site too, including the far side of the site which is still very waterlogged.  The pipeline contractor was back at work, but they were working at the Tweseldown racecourse rather than the section alongside Long Valley.

The cows and the ponies were all good today.