Site checks and updates

Hello everyone,

Today I was down to visit all of the sites with our new Conservation Trainee, Lisa Ferguson. Lisa has taken over from Oliver Hine and will be working with us closely for the next year. I am sure you will see if not hear from lisa in the coming months.

All of the cattle were found on Caesars Camp which was really nice to see and they very behaving quite calmly considering what had happened. This is the first time since the lead episode since all has been quiet and believe you and me it is lovely to see.

After Caesars we visited Long Valley and again found all of the cows and dropped off some mineral blocks for them.. We had plumes of smoke going over our heads from the fires where the contractors are burning the scrub. Both scrub being burnt on a heath and scrub being eaten on a heath are soooo nice to see and will really really improve the site for wildlife, especially the birdies.

Leaving Long Valley we completed our cattle lookering hatrick by finding the Velmead Common three grazing very nicely and calmly in the heath. I assume that the news that they are about to be joined by hopefully another twelve cows has not got to them yet otherwise their reception may have been a little bit different.

Although I did not get to visit Pondtail I did manage to speak to a contractor from heathland Managament Services who has started work on the site to....you guessed it....clear scrub. He anticipates being on site for 2 weeks at which point he will head over the Norris Hill Road onto Velmead and start to clear the scrub from there.

All in all a very successful, problem and stress free afternoon and a good introduction to the Project for Lisa.

see you all soon

Elliott