Visited 10.30 this morning. Army training with gunfire and smoke around J6/K6. Not very appropriate with public, dog walkers and cows nearby!! Found cows at I3/J3 near railway line. Quite happy grazing, not bothered by gunfire ( about 300 to 400 yards away). All 3 moving in and around bushes grazing on new grass. No sign of any injuries or problems.
John Guerin
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Cows on path in H12 "truffling" in leaf litter. All fit and well. Bottom line, high tensile wire, of fence is down and broken in...
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All 3 found near the car park over (about G6/H6), all seem happy munching away and looking healthy. A trip over to the trough found some ver... -
found daisy morag and crumple just along from the main carpark gate in e5,we looked around for the other two,then on my way back in the same...
With the land being owned by the mod solely for use as an area to train their soldiers, it was always agreed that our efforts to manage the land for conservation would come second fiddle to soldiers practising for war.
ReplyDeleteWe often have the choice to take the cattle off when training is imminent but we beleive they adapt very quickly too it. The mod are also at liberty to evict the public from the land at a moments notice to enable their training go unhindered. This however I feel is a war they may not win so have no desire to start.
The main point is they are using the piece of land for training which in my eyes means they see it as a valuable piece of real estate and will therefore be reluctant to sell it for housing. If this were to change then the cattle and people would both be evicted as it were developed into yet more homes!!!!
Elliott
Thanks Elliot - understood. My concern was for the cows, I had visions of a cattle stampede.
ReplyDeleteA passing dog walker and i were the only ones bothered. the cows are very very docile and not at all phased by the gunfire. I am happy to tolerate a bit or army training to keep this bit of land free from housing.
John Guerin