Cattle back onto a snowy Caesars Camp

Well, despite mother nature’s best efforts to delay our re-introduction of the cattle onto Caesars Camp I can now confirm that 8 cattle (all Hereford/Aberdeen Angus Crosses 5 black and three red) have been re-introduced onto the site, via the entrance at Beacon Hill Road.



This initially small herd will be very closely monitored by the grazing project team by using a radio transmitter fitted to a collar on one of the cows. We will monitor where the cattle are and in particular if they re-visit the area where the contaminated lead (which has now been removed) was discovered.



When everyone (The Grazing Project, the grazier and the MoD) are happy to, we will increase the numbers to a level which is required to get back on top of the grass and scrub re-growth which has enjoyed a few months of being un-grazed.



We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your patience, understanding and co-operation with what has been a particular troubling time and a huge thank you goes out to all of those of you who helped us ‘clean up the camp’ a few months back.



We look forward to the few remaining months of 2008 being trouble free at Caesars Camp and the rest of the Grazing project sites.



Elliott