Sun Sept 29th

No sheep to be found by our volunteer although on his way home he spotted 9 along the bottom path. I expect they were in the undergrowth in the Gypsy Swing Dell. Trough OK

Wed Sept 25th

All sheep present and looking good. The black water trough is full and the rain has helped with the other one as well. I've fetched the white pot for the nuts from the Central compartment to a hawthorn tree near the black water trough. IT NEEDS FILLING UP as it is difficult for us locals to bring all the sheep together otherwise. Pippa Evans

Sat. September 21st

51 sheep fine. Trough bone dry.             Pippa Evans

Fri 20th Sep

51 sheep in west compartment, all fine. Filled trough. Closed Hampshire gate.

Wed. Sept 18th

All sheep in NW corner of the Western Compartment, in two groups. Counted 51 and all in good shape although they have picked up quite a few burrs. Water trough in Central full. Nut pot empty, please refill.           Pippa & Tim Evans

Sun. September 15th

All sheep in the Western compartment in the woods & undergrowth. After a few counts reached 50 sheep. Please replenish the pot of nuts. Pippa Evans

Wed 11th Sep

Tried unsuccessfully to move sheep back to central. Hampshire gate left open. Trough full. Mains off.

Broughton Down Friday 6th- Post from Nick

Burning beech tree extinguished by fire brigade 1000 litres of water needed. Tree damage Means the tree will need logging up and the fence repairing. Luckily only 1 post and a small section of livestock mesh needed. All 52 sheep checked and accounted for, but I was unable to bring the flock through to the central compartment, so they have the hampshire gate still open

7 sheep off and 51 remaining sprayed

We hace taken away 7 sheep as they kept escaping conpartments and have sprayed tge rest for fly. We went able to get the rest back into compartment 2 so they are between one and two now bitg with water.

Wednesday 4th September

Mark Redman phoned me to say he saw some smoke coming from the eastern compartment.  When he investigated he found a fallen beech tree over our fence that looked healthy and a fire around the base of the tree. After a second visit this afternoon he believes the now just smouldering stump is fairly safe so no need to rush out. If this were St Caths i would say it needs looking at sooner but being a more remote site I think it's ok from his description.  I would hope to check this out Thurs or Fri

Tuesday 3rd Sep

This time 52 in Central and 6 in West. Managed to get 2 through the gate but the other 4 didn't want to know. Grazing team will come up Thursday and remove the troublesome group.

Water trough is going down, looks like water turned off. Will leave it for now and see if Mark turns it on Wednesday if not I will do it Thurs