Weds 31st - all good

All four grazing together up near the railway line/car park. Were on the move when we got there then settled into nibbling the grass and plants. All looking well.

Delia's dropped her collar. 

Tuesday 30 December

 All four together happily munching the grass in the sun. All looking fine.

Happy New a year to you all

All good

 All by the water trough this morning 

All good

 Happy munching 

Friday 26th December

All 4 found eating gorse at 10.30am ///addicted.thread.removed

All looking very clean and healthy. Dyer's Weed still has a mark where she was injured. Delia has no collar.

Christmas day - 4 seen, 3 collars

All 4 by the railway end looking fine. 1 missing its collar

All good

 All happy in the heather 

Weds 24th - all good

All four walking down to the water trough when we arrived. Dyers Weed very interested in us and came straight over to say hello/stare us out. All others grazing away happily. 

Merry Christmas everyone! 

Tuesday 23 December

 Found 3 cows together, all content. Delia was deep in the gorse and I could only see her legs, she mooed.

Just want to send seasonal greetings to the cows, the lookers, Zoe and her team and all the humans and dogs I meet.

All good

 All four happy if a little damp

Friday 19th December

Unable to locate any cows today. GPS shows 3 deep in the gorse but were obviously out of my reach today.

11.30am 

Weds 17th - only 2 seen

Only seen Delia and Ginseng grazing along the edge of the path. Both looked well. Map looked like the others were in the gorse but couldn't see them. 

Tuesday 16 December

 114 seems nicely healed up. All looking good. Followed them along the path to the water tank, they can walk very fast!

All good

 All good 

Friday 12th December - Staff Call Out/114 Dyers Weed

Hi all,

Responded to a call this afternoon of a tree down on fence and blood on a cow. 

Tree chainsawed off fence and stapled back up. 

114 Dyers Weed was bleeding on her right hip, with a small gouge wound. 

Sprayed with green spray. 

Otherwise well in herself. 

All other cows good. 

Please keep an eye on her wound. 

Also several signs on gates vandalised, I replaced a couple with the stock I had in truck but would be grateful if you could blog if any others are damaged. 

Have a good weekend 

Friday 12th December

Unable to locate the ladies today. The No Fence placed them deep in the gorse but lots of the area is virtually impassible - to me at any rate!

Noticed that only 3 are showing up on No Fence so maybe 1 has slipped a collar?

Trough clear.

11.00am

All good

 All four happy munching in the drizzle 

Weds 10th - all good

Thought I had already posted but now can't see it... So writing again just in case! 

All four near the car park towards the North West of the site. Ginseng a couple hundred meters from the others but all looking well and grazing happily.

Monday 8th December - Staff Check/Call Out

Responded to a call from member of public around 3pm that the girls were out and wandering back down to Pondtail..! 

Members of the public kindly put them back in, by the time we got to site they were on the opposite end of the site to where they had escaped near the water trough.

All well, and fence bodged back together

Tuesday 9 December

 Cows deep in gorse. Found 225 and 216 together, 108 on own further away, and then found 114 phew. All fine. 

All good

 Happy munching in the heathers 

All good

 Happy munching 

Friday 5th December

Found all 4 eating grass/foraging for acorns. All spread about, with Greta at ///moderated.span.broad. All looked in good condition. 

11.30am

Thursday 4th Dec

All found near the public carnpark. No issues to he seen.

Thanks

Grazing team

Weds 3rd - all good

All four together and looking well around WTW ///proves.gossiping.willpower. 

Dyers Weeds just in the bushes on the left. Ginseng very interested in me today! 

All good

 All four happy in the sunshine 

All good

 All four together for once!

Tuesday 2 December

 Found all 4 of them by path along fence around L15. Seemed contented and looked fine. Lovely day for them.

Friday 28th November

Only 1 find this morning as they all seem to be deep in the gorse; Dyers Weed, (114). She looked fine and has her collar on.

///gent.interrupt.originate

10.15am

All good

Weds 26th - all good

All four together grazing on frosty grass around WTW ///recitals.averages.blacken this morning. 

All looked well and not at all bothered by the freezing temperatures (unlike me). 

Tuesday 25th - STAFF POST

Went and collected the lost collar (thanks for that!).

Spotted the cows over in the north eastern corner of the site, looking fine.

Sean

Tuesday 25 November

 Found all 4 cows in a clearing near Pyestock gate. One cow not showing on the map. 114 has slipped her collar. Sorry 108 not 114!

Found the collar. Spoke to Alice on Nature Reserve team.

All 4 looking good this morning’s

 Alls well

Sun 23rd Nov 3 found

3 found dozing at the far end near the pyestock gate. Couldn't find the 4th.

All good

 All four grassing together for once!

All good

 Happy in the sunshine 

Friday 21st November

Unable to locate them this morning at 9.30am.

The trough is frozen over. I managed to clear one section of it and removed the ice which was about 3cm thick!

Tuesday 18th November - Staff Check + licks

Dropped off a couple of mineral licks for the girls today by the trough, which we'll be doing regularly now as the winter sets in and nutrition in the forage drops. 

All in good spirits and health. 

Zoe 

Tuesday 18 November

 Found all 4 cows together, happily munching grass. Great to have all 4 back.

All good

 Happy munching in the sunshine 

All 4 looking happy

 All happily munching 

Friday 14th November - 114 returns now 4

Friday 14th November

Found all 3 eating gorse around /// confusions.sponsors.options at 11.30am. All look fine.

Found lots of litter under the large broken tree nearby. Cleared what I could. By chance bumped into Zoe who was meeting a contractor to clear the area. Perhaps something Lookers could keep an eye on in the future and bring a bin bag on their walks.

Thurs 13th November all ok

All 3 seen walking towards the trough. Looked fine 

All good

 Happy munching 😃

Wednesday 12 November - Staff Check

All 3 girls lying down in the woodland to the SW of the site. 

All well, not fussed by dogs barking at them.

Tuesday 11 November

 Just got to all 3 before they merged into the gorse. All looked fine.

All good

 Happy in the sunshine sat down chewing the cud looking very chilled 

All good - collars in action

 One of the collars started whistling when cow as quite a distance from the fence and all three took off at pace. So they are working well 

Friday 7th November - Staff Check

All three ladies looking well today. 108 came for head scratches. She's quite boisterous with them so wouldnt recommend....! 

Friday 7th November

All 3 ladies looking good, but a bit soggy. Eating grass and acorns near the Cove Road gate.

10.50am  ///repeats.fortnight.feuds 

Weds 5th Nov - all good

All three near the cattle gate by fleet pond car park. All seemed happy and relaxed munching away. A couple of dog walkers came by but all on leads and neither dogs or cows were bothered by each other. 

Tuesday 4 November

 Found them under one of the favourite places under the rhododendron arch. 225 and 108 eating holly. 216 up by the fence on the Fleet car park side. All looking good and contented, putting weight on.

All good

 Happy munching acorns and young shoots 

All good

 All three happy munching on the far side of the paddock 

225 collar not working

 All three found and looking good. 225 was a little apart from the other two. Her collar is not showing on the map just to keep things interesting. 

All good

 Munching deep in the undergrowth today. 

Weds 29th - only 2 seen

Greta and the black and white one (forgot her name!) half hidden grazing in the path edges around WTW ///keyboards.wires.pipe.

They were right in the shrubs and the map looked like Ginseng should be nearby, but I couldn't see her. 

Tues 28th 3 found all good

All good

 All three hovering acorns on the cycle path by the railway line 

All good

 All happily munching in the brackens 

All good

 All three looking good in the sun this morning, 2 grazing on the moist tender looking grass and 216 happily chewing the cud and looking sleepy 

Damage to kissing gate

 Half the kissing gate is down at ///text.trickle.listening gate was closed and swings to closed naturally 

Tuesday 21 October

 Had difficulty finding them this morning. 216 was on her own and I saw her three times, just caught the back of the other 2 deep inside the gorse around L10, M 10 on the map. They are buzzing around.

Friday 17th October

All 3 ladies happily eating acorns. Good condition and all collars on!

///bravest.formation.insects  3.00pm

Weds 15th Oct - all good

All three sheltering from the drizzle and grazing amongst the trees and ferns, around WTW ///closer.blotches.loopholes

I won't be able to do next Wednesday as have to be in the office early, but will pick up again on 29th! 

Tuesday 14 October

 All looking good at the perimeter fence near gate eating acorns and bramble. A lady dog walker took her dogs past them sensibly and all fine.

All good

 All three watching the comings and going by the cattle grid munching the acorns 

Weds 8th Oct - pesky dog

All three grazing near the south cattle grid. Greta was being bothered by an off-lead dog when I arrived and the owner wasn't particularly helpful. After they finally left she went straight back to eating acorns so hopefully she wasn't too concerned. 

Otherwise all good! Other two seemed calm. 

Tuesday 7th October - TB Test + collars

Hi All 

The vet came today and carried out the TB test injection 

All three girls were refitted with their collars, fingers crossed they'll keep them on! 

They were a bit of a handful today so the livestock team are coming back tomorrow and Thursday to feed them in the hopes they'll be more bid-able for Fridays test read. Please carry out your lookering as normal apart from Friday! 

Most importantly,  keep an eye on the Blogger for updates - I'm away from Thursday and back on Monday 20th so my colleagues will be updating the Blog! 

Thank you 

Monday 6th October - please note

The No Fence app alerted me at 11pm last night that the two cows with collars have not moved in some time. Therefore the locations shown on the virtual map may not be correct. 

Hopefully they've just both slipped their collars. We will be down this morning to check on them. 

Update: 12.44 - have collected thrown collars. Unfortunately this means none of the girls have collars on currently. 

Will be refitting tomorrow during TB test. 

Cheers, Zoe 

All good

 Looking quite playful and active in the sunshine. No change in teat. 

All good

 No change to teat size, laid down while I was there so isn’t causing discomfort 

Friday 3rd October

All 3 munching acorns overlooking the model aircraft field. /// rock.spindles.singing

All looked OK. 11.00am

Trough full to the brim and clear.

Slight enlargement of 108 teat

 One to watch. 108 hind left teat slightly enlarged. No redness or discharge visible. All good otherwise. 

Weds 1st Oct - all good

All three grazing and looking well at WTW ///saved.crinkled.booth

Tuesday 30th September - Staff Check

All three girls guzzling acorns this afternoon by the water trough and looking well. 

Tuesday 30 September

 Found then under a lovely arch of privet and laurel trees.

216 and 105 were content, but Greta (225) was scratching her rump up against a branch all the time I was there. From what a could see she did look a little dirty around her back end.

216 lost collar

 216 has slipped her collar the other two look good. 

All good

 Happy chewing the cud in the rain under a tree

Friday 26th September - 114 taken off site back to farm for udder treatment

Hi All, 

We've taken 114 back to our farm in hook to treat for summer mastitis, thank you so much for keeping an eye on her and letting us know in good time. 

Best wishes 

Grazing Team

Friday 26th September - Udder update

Dyers Weed's udder now has some bleeding and is looking quite red. I would think she needs some attention.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Other 3 ladies all fine. All 4 eating grass at a pace!

///powder.blogging.waltzes  12.30pm    

 

 

 

Weds 24th - check for swollen udder

 Bonus staff check to look at 114's swollen udder. It is very enlarged, but it doesn't look red or inflamed. She also doesn't seem bothered by it.

If people checking over the next few days could keep an extra eye on it that would be great. I've attached some photos below of what it looks like at the moment - if you notice it getting more red or looking inflamed, and/or notice a change in behaviour (stamping and kicking more, less relaxed) then let us know via the blog, and we will make a decision on whether she needs further treatment 

Thanks all!

Weds 24th Oct - still enlarged udder

All four grazing together at lunchtime today, near ///grad.requiring.forms. 

114 still has the enlarged teat Michael saw on Sunday (pic below). All were being a bit bothered by flies but seemed content. 

Tuesday 23 September

 Found them all under the trees by the railway line., lying down. 114 standing. All contented.

All good

 All four happy munching

Sun 21st September- cows being worried by dogs

All cows sitting by the southern cattle grid but being worried by 2 dogs off the lead. Female put dogs on lead eventually but was very abusive to me. Cows looked OK once the dogs had gone.

Enlarged teat

 114 has one of her 4 teats enlarged. No sign of weeping or discharge that I could see. The other’s look good hovering up acorns 

Sat 20th Sept

All found by the southern cattle grid looking fine

Friday 19th September

All 4 found in the woodland area, near the railway track at 11.00am, W3W: skipped.debit.regress

 

Delia, (108), seems to have several ticks around the udder area on her left side - see photo. Probably at least 6.

 

 

 

 

Ginseng, (216), and Dyers Weed, (114) were bothered by lots of flies. So many I thought they were markings at first! 

 

Wednesday 17th August - COWS NOW ONSITE

Four British White Girls now onsite having moved over from Pondtail which they're very happy about. 

All well 

Zoe