11 Sheep in the Central Compartment (all white faced) !!
The other 28 sheep are in the Eastern Compartment (although 5 shetlands took a lot of searching for - they were just the Eastern side of the Eastern/Central Compartment fence, where not gets steep and wooded).
I let Grace at HIWWT know about the 11 sheep and she will inform Bea and the Livestock person tomorrow as they are all accounted for in the Central Compartment.
Note: The 11 were initially near the water trough under the trees, but 2 hours later (when I was nearing the completion of the butterfly count) they were all out on the Down.
I did notice that the latch on the kissing gate doesn't close on its own and my hypothesis is that it was left up and the sheep were then able to go into the Central compartment via the kissing gate., as I could see no problems with the fence.
The good news is that they are all on the reserve and looking healthy and there are plenty of sheep nuts.
Hi Frankly, I readjusted the gate on Friday and it was closing then finally quite nicely but it must of not been enough. I'll try sort it again on Wednesday and get the sheep back in tomorrow. Thank you!
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