Welcome to the Gelvert Catchment Area Lookers' Blog

Emergency Procedure

If you need to report an emergency to us such as injured or escaped livestock or damaged infrastructure please follow this procedure:

Call the office on 01256 381190.
If no one answers, wait for the answering message which will detail the name and mobile number of the member of staff who is currently on call.
Phone the on-call member of staff who will then respond accordingly.

NOTES:

Please do not phone a member of staff directly unless you know they are on-call.

If you are unsure if a particular situation qualifies as an emergency then please phone the on-call member of staff anyway so that they can make the decision on how to proceed.

Most importantly of all – please do not report injuries or sick animals via the blog alone – always call the emergency on-call contact.

Thank you!

Saturday, 23 October 2021

Saturday 23rd October - All 17 seen

All seventeen cattle were lying down relaxing in the area around ///winter.duplicate.edges at 14:40 this afternoon. Many were chewing their cud, the others were just chilling out. They were all good.

Friday, 22 October 2021

Friday 22nd October - All 17 seen

All seventeen cows were sat down relaxing, with most chewing the cud in the area around ///restored.corals.giants at 15:15 this afternoon. They were all fine. Some were very sleepy.

They all got up and had a good stretch just after 15:30 and went off grazing along Bourley Lane towards Bourley Road.

0900 Fri 22nd Oct. Four found

We found 4 beasts (030,033,221,230) at approx ///bakers.improve.derailed. They looked well although apart from the rhododendron there was little to eat. No sign of the others. Stay Safe, Marina & Des

Thursday, 21 October 2021

Thursday 21st October. Nine found.

21, 33, 35, 220, 222, 226, 228, 230, 235 wandering along the levada. All good. Couldn’t find the others anywhere..

Rebecca

Wednesday, 20 October 2021

Fixed a fence that was down on the SE corner of the site where the cattle could get out onto Caesar's. After doing this luckily found all 17 still on Gelvert up against the Caesar's fence further west.

Monday, 18 October 2021

0900 Mon 18th Oct. None

None seen again. We did see four people doing something to the area where the horses were stabled, no idea quite what they are doing but three were working and the other one was on the phone/watching. Stay Safe, Marina & Des

Saturday, 16 October 2021

Saturday 16th October - 15 seen

The seven older cattle were all happily grazing in the area around ///feed.punchy.expiring at 14:25. They were all fine. They were all still together grazing in the trees around ///petrified.repeats.mandolin at 16:15.

Youngsters 217, 219, 220, 221, 226, 228 and 230 were grazing deep in the trees around ///upholds.refrained.loss at 15:05. 222 was busy munching grass at the side of the path close by. They were all fine too. 220's front right hoof looked ok as well.

There was no sight nor sound of 213 or 235 despite several circuits of the site.