Despite the mild weather large pieces of ice needed to be removed from the trough today - I suspect all will be gone tomorrow.
All 3 cows found together at 11.20am near the car park about E4, (I think!). All looked fine and were eating enthusiastically. Success for my first 'looking' experience.👀😊
Found all 3 laying in the sun chewing cud keeping out of the wind. Temperature minus 1. No problems.
Trough full of ice so I used the sticks to break it. No sound of water coming in - should watch that.
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Loaded this in old blog OK then came back here and edited this blog and it took the photos. will try again next time
All 3 spread out around the trough side between 07:30 & 08:30 on this very cold morning with their heads down. Looking good.
The gate appears to be holding up well 🤞. I had to break the thick ice in the trough and left a branch in there again but obviously it never stays there.
Saw cattle from a distance in L11 at 3.30 rummaging in the gorse. Too wet and muddy to get close but they seemed to be moving OK with no obvious problems.
Trough full and working.
Found the cattle in L10 at 3.30, rummaging deep in the gorse. All looked fit and healthy.
Trough OK
All 3 in G14 between 0715 & 0845 (they didn’t get very far!), all looking good, one using a tree to have a good old scratch which my little JRT found very amusing. Trough and gate both fine
