cattle off site tuesday 6th October

All 6 cattle have been taken off site and back to our farm.

Thanks for all the checking on them

Grazing team

Cattle due to depart today

 The cattle are due to be taken off site by the grazing team today. I will update with whether that is the case or not later. 

Jo

Cattle check 05/10/26

 Hi All

Checked cattle today between 09.30-10.00, amazingly the cattle were all midway in the Meadows, could this be a result of my weekly chats with them... Anyway, all 6 present and correct, look content, 5 up grazing on Brown and white laid down as I approached, no flies present, meadow boggy in some areas, but otherwise no concerns. 

Water pump working well, clear water when pumped, no wildlife, other than one girl out running, who informed me it was her first run for months...would explain her shortness of breath. 

KR

John B

Friday 2nd October 2026

Arrived at the fen around 8.15 am. All the cattle were sitting under the willow by the north fence. All looked well and clean.  Very few flies about.

Later they were in the same place but standing.

Pump works well.

Richard 

David's Check Thursday 1st October

 A lovely evening. The pump still working well with decent flow of clean  water.

The cows were way down the enclosure on the western side spread over 100 metres from fence towards the middle. As usual when I seem to get there late evening.

Underfoot, still very firm walking along the northern and western boundaries, where I found my mate ....236, the Herefordshire, on his own by the western fence. A few soft words, an appalling rendition of Rawhide, and over he came, gently moo-ing, to say hello.

They all looked clean and healthy, on their feet, grazing, with a white and the other Herefordshire playing (I think).

I started to walk back and .....236 came with me. The others decided that they must be missing something, so they all - bar the black and white, came right back to the gate with me. So, that was an enjoyable trudge to the extremities, for just the exercise.

David

Wednesday 30th September

 Checked the cows at 9.45am. All 6 present and feeding actively at the south end of the fen. One Hereford was browsing on a willow bush

Checked pasture pump

Put up 6 common snipe

Friday 25th September 2026

The cattle must have read John B's report

 They were all by the gate this morning.

4 were sitting chewing , one white was munching grass and one of the Herefords was eating the willow tree.

All were clean a free of flies.

Pump works well.

Richard