30the July 2020

When we tell people about commoning farming and the process of rearing our cattle on the New Forest, they are always quite astounded that we don’t lose them. Well we do, but we usually have an idea where they roam and it just takes a bit of driving around.

We are all creatures of habit and routine and this is no different to cattle. When food is good, they head for lush grazing, when the weather is poor, they take shelter in dense areas of the forest, and when it’s cold but sunny, we will find them on high ground soaking up the sun.

It doesn’t take long for them to disappear into the forest, and in the coming months we may see them occasionally with their heads in the verges or wandering across the heathland.

Its a nice life.