Sheep Removed

Hi all,

All 17 sheep have been removed from site today.

Our next flock will be on later in the spring. 

Cheers,

Grazing team

Wednesday 5th March

All 17 Shetland sheep accountable and located in the west side of the central compound.  All happily Grazing, no limping or snotty noses this week. 

All Gates and fencing in good shape. 

Water troughs frozen - now broken up. 

Sheep nuts tub empty 

Mineral lick empty 

1 x walker, 1 x dog off lead & 1 x runners seen on Reserve but outside compound. 

Monday 3rd March

 Found all 17 sheep (quite scattered today) , 16 are healthy but the sheep with Purple tag 271 has quite a  limp (it did limp its way to join the others for food, so can get around) .

Initial locations of sheep :-

3 not far in from gate in SE corner,

5 (including limper) further down towards sheep lick

8 on the hill above where the shop nuts are

1 on the far hill towards Plum Pudding.

I had to break the ice on the water troughs and there is enough food for 1 day only.

The salt lick is empty.

Gates as per last Monday.

I saw a walker with a dog just outside the compartment and 2 runners with 2 dogs who came onto the top

path in the central compartment. I didn't think the dogs were on leads but didn't get a chance to talk to the runners.

Extra Info : as I was walking up the hill near Plum Pudding I heard a Tawny Owl in the trees on the southern side of the Central Compartment.

Sunday 2nd March 2025

 A sunny day on the Downs, although slopes still frozen in the shade & ice in the water trough. All sheep contentedly grazing below Plum Pudding. Friendly sheep sporting red earrings came over for a scratch. I'm assuming the salt lick was originally in the now empty orange bucket by gate 8? Didn't see anyone else on the Down.