Mon 29/10/12 Cow Watch

Jogged and walked stan.
Look all over.
Took 2 hours
look at trough
in wood
in feild
in ferns
and more ferns
and more woods

did not seem them today.

Wednesday 31 October 9:30

Bambi deep in the small silver birches, D6, munching on brambles.  Others D5, eating grass and brambles.  All looked well and contented.

visited today @ 2.30pm

the girls were happily walking and munching from i9 and i followed them as they stopped in j7. all seems well,daisy seemed 2 be a little less laboured in her walking and bambi's ear looked completely fine,bambi also seemed less bloeted which must be nice 4 her i'm guessing. all peaseful and happy x

The girls were in K7 at around 2:20 this afternoon, just sitting chewing the cud, Daisy with her back to the others again, looking quite moody but all looked fine.

The girls were in I/J12 at 4pm today, eating the grass and not bothered by me getting close to them at all. They all looked fine to me.

Out and about for an hour around midday but nothing seen

21/10/12 Cow Watch

All OK.

Day after do attack.
Saddle back more wary of dogs.

Bambi stays back and in longer grass/ferns.

19/10/12 cow watch

19/10/12  @ 7:30am

All OK
Cows in main feild
early dawn.
all a bit slow because of cold.

Site Checks

Hi,
Popped out to check on the girls today and found them chewing the cud under the large oak by the northern car park. They seemed very content and not really bothered when some little dogs ran up barking! Bambi had her eye on  them but didnt seem overly concerned. I had a look at her ears and they are looking quite good. I wasnt quite sure which side it was until she let me get close up! Trough is fine and plenty left in the lick.

Vicky

visited today at 3pm

found all 4 cows chomping away happily in h7,they seem to be over that side alot lately. i got real close to bambi,i cld see a small cut on her ear but it looks fine,thank god. all seemed good. i havent heard bambi coughing for ages now ,so great xx

Wednesday 24 October 8:30

I turned up prepared for a long search this morning and they were by the gate at E4.  Looked fine, no sign of damage to Bambi's ear but I did not get too close.  Crumple was deep in the bramble so I did not look her over.

quick note

just read elliotts email now re;dog attack,just to say i did my lookering before reading it and the girls seemed fine with my dogs,whether its because there used to them or because my dogs dont approach them to much i dont know,but they seemed relaxed  .I must say fair play to our girls for standing up for each other,i'm strangely proud of them xxx

visited today 1.45

after rather a long cow hunt i found them all happily munching away on fern and low lying willow leaves ,brambles and grass inb6 and b7. daisy was right over in the brambles by the fence so i couldnt get too cl;ose but all seems well. the water trough is working fine and i tipped the rain out of the salt lick pot. happy to say all seems good in bramshot heath xxx

Think they were playing hide and seek with me this weekend. Didn't find them at all Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning. I nearly gave up Sunday afternoon too but gave them one last chance! I found them at 3:30 eventually sitting in C4 on the very edge, they started to get up and I watched/followed them as they got on a trot and stopped about 5 mins later in H6 where they started eating at what they could amongst the small silver birches. They looked fine.

Eventually found them at 8:45 this morning in K13 hiding (Jericho decided to stand up otherwise I would not have seen them)!! Just sitting there they were, the other side of the trench in the bracken, all looking quite happy.

visited @2pm and 5.20pm today 18th oct

my 3 yr old and myself walked all around for an hour and half[3yr olds and old dogs are fairly slow]and we failed 2 find them,the only place we didnt look prperly was b6 and c6. i went to pick up my other kids and returned alone. i stomped around said areas and saw fresh poo so they had been there.i found both highlands in g6 and the other 2 in the bushes in g7. i'm concerned that the reason daisy is so slow and laboured in her movement is because her hooves are extremely long,she drags them when walking. please can lookers look ont 4 bambi[the jersey]'s left eye as she was holding it shut,i'm assuming shes been poked in the eye whilst feeding on pine trees but it was watering so just worth mentioning.

wednesday looker training

Hi,

I trained a new looker yesterday for Bramshot Heath, he will be an occasional looker, so welcome to the team!
We saw all four girls , chewing the cud and grazing in the open at the North end. The highlands looked well as did jericho. Bambi was a bit snotty and coughing as usual, but we also noticed some discharge from her rear which might be a concern in a non-breeding animal her age. We have reported this to the grazier and they will investigate but do let us know if you see further clear or cloudy discharge from the vulva.

We checked the trough, which was fine, and tipped a good puddle of water out of the lick bucket. I also did a quick check of gates and fences and found no apparent issues.

Vicky

visited today @11.30am

all seemed well 3 cows were in j11 and j12 but daisy was a little away in j13, as i was standing by her she attempted 2 catch up with the others but soon gave up and lay down,she seems extremely slow. i continued my walk and walked back past them,daisy was still laying down but the others did seem to be waiting.poor daisy oh how cruel old age is. I'm 42 and i already think that lol x

Found the girls at 8:35 this morning in K12/K13, around the path area eating whatever they can. All looking fine.

Lovely crisp early walk this morning in the mist although the girls were very kind and let me find them easily today. I saw them twice between 7 and 8:15am, altogether (for a change), sitting by the big Oak trees in L9, hadn't moved at all within the hour or so by the looks of it.  They all looked happy and relaxed even with Rosie getting quite close...they are definately used to her now.

8/10/12 cow watch

8/10/12  

cows wandering around main field.
all three ok.

5/10/12 cow watch

5/10/12  6:20 am   cows under cover.
Bit misty and wet.

all ok, but a bit dark for close inspection

Hope you're ok Jo.  I was over there yesterday and saw the girls at around 5:30pm, didn't appear to be bothered by the rain oh and it was raining heavily. Had to walk round to find Daisy though, she was hiding in the small trees in H6. the others were walking together in I5, some distance away from Daisy. All eating the grass and looking happy. Great to see Crumples eye is much better now.

no visit sorry

had really bad news within my family this afternoon,. sorry x sorry i wont be able to visit today.feel a little better that the grazier has obviously been there today to take crumple back,so i guess alls well - NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER, I HOPE EVERYTHING IS OK, ELLIOTT

Crumple back on Bramshot Heath

Just to let you know that the grazier has informed us that Crumple's eye is now better and she will be joining the other cattle back on Bramshot Heath today. So we are back up to 4 cattle.

Cheers

Wednesday 10 October 8:45

After extensive search located them in B6, happly brousing.  Looked fine

visited today @2.20

just to note as they werent found y'day morning i did see them y'day about 5.30pm ithink they were playing hide and seek cos the closer i got the further into the bushes they went,but all seemed fine.And i'm happy to say that they were grazing really happily today at 2.30 ish in m11 and L11,i watched them all closely and came away happy x

8th October

Very foggy this morning I could not find the Girls..!    I went out on Saturday and found at K14  a pile of very small gas bottles and flat balloons I was worried about the cows eating them so I bagged them up and took them off site.  Just kids I guess

All 3 in K9-K10 at 09:30

All three were grazing on the move this morning looking soaked through but happy.

Bambi's cough is pretty prevalent at the moment but looks worse than it is.  Her tongue is amazingly long and pointy!!!!!

No sighting of the cows this morning but the mist was very thick but my good deed for the day was to call the fire brigade as someone has left a small fire burning at 9am in the woods on the Pyestock edge.  2nd walk this afternoon, I found the girls together in I12 at 3pm, Jericho & Daisy sitting down with Bambi standing up, all chewing the cud and looking fine under the small Oak tree.

Walked through around 1400 but nothing seen

Found the girls eventually at 9am this morning in G4, walking around. Bambi & Jericho appeared to be pulling at the heather bushes & eating it, there wasn't much grass around the area. They looked fine & were not bothered at all by 2 Jack Russell's running around barking at them.

visited at 9am and

all girls seemed fairly happy chewing away in m5 at 8am ish,but went back about 6.50 pm and walked all around till now [8.20pm] and couldnt find them at all.

Was a little concerned reading Sue's blog so when out today I saw the girls at 4:15 this afternoon, all sitting down together in L11. I managed to get up close but couldn't really see anything abnormal. Jericho was just very still, with both Daisy & Bambi chewing the cud. Took a quick video of them and watched them for over 10 mins but all looked fine.  Went back again at 5:00 hoping they had moved position so could get a better look at them and they were actually on their feet heading towards M11/M12, eating the grass as they were going. They seemed ok to me.  Guess we all just need to keep a close eye on them.

Wednesday 3 October 8:30 am

All three in the woods I2, Jericho and Bambi then went to a bit of a brouse on the railway side of the path.

Both Jericho and Bambi seem quite swollen/fat.  Bambi had a bit of a coughing fit and it looked to me that she might be about  to be sick, but she wasn't, and looked alright afterwards.  If she was a human being I would have rushed her to a Dr suspecting whooping cough.

visited @ 2.30pm

bambi and daisy were in i7,bambi looked really bloated,she was eating the low pine leaves? bit strange,daisy was using her horns to dig the earth under the tree then sniffing all around?strange,jericho was slightly away in h7 and was eating grass, as the others moved over to her bambi was walking extremely slow so much so her hooves were dragging along the floor.As she and bambi got to jericho,jericho moved on so i'm guessing shes the leader now, but daisy cld walk no more.Nice to see a new lick tho,Please cld you other lovely lookers and if you dont mind elliott please watch daisy and see what you think,i must come across as a worrier who can't write in proper paragraphs,lol.

1/10/2012 Cow watch

Three cows in feild.

Daisy @ K6  - bit bloated
Saddle back @ H7  - drinking from rainwater pool
Wonky @ F6  - sitting down in viper area.

All well.