Shetland Cow by durleybeachbum
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Description
One of three very gentle ladies grazing on the Stour Valley Nature Reserve not far from Berry Hill Treatment works.
There are several groups of animals employed to do natural lawnmowing or scrub clearance by Bournemouth Council.
From the council website
"Grazing animals
We use grazing animals to help us manage the grass and scrub on out nature reserves. This is a great way to manage the land as it is all natural and sustainable.
Currently we have:
Shetland cattle
Galloway cattle (purebred and cross breeds)
Exmoor ponies
British feral goats
Our cattle graze on Hengistbury Head and Wick Fields, Stour Valley, Kinson Common and Turbary Common. Turbary Common is also home to our ponies. Our goats live on the steep scrub-covered slopes at Honeycomb Chine next to Boscombe pier.
Our grazing animals are all cared for by our Parks team, they are checked every day to make sure they are healthy. In the winter we give them extra food and water."
There are also wild grazers
Comments (15)
Shetland Cows? Are they tiny like the ponies? She does look very contented. Good for Bournemouth for using a natural way to maintain the land although I'm sure our pundits over here would find something about it to condemn.
she is beautiful and so are the deer
Hello ! Nice Lady :) :)
Amazing capture Andrea. God bless.
She looks so calm & sweet. We have the cows back on the park but with their calves.
Council tax well and truly well spent, London should think more like this, instead of wasting the money on that king size grade A wanker Boris Johnson.
Simply Beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice closeup of this gentle cow and great shot of the deer, as well! Nicely done.
It looks very sweet .-) It is such a great way to keep nature well trimmed :-) Love the thought of that :)
Wonderful macro shot of the beautiful cow and fantastic shot of the grazing deer.
Marvelous captures!
a bold face-on capture of a very bucolic beast. Well bucolic in appearance (those horns are a little unsettling). I Love how you have the tree coming right out of her head, Big shiny textures and a big massive presence. And those ears look like they have lanterns inside, or lit candles. They're alit, it seems. And your text is very pleasing to read. Using animals to keep nature vibrant and sustainable. A bold big shot.
We saw some that looked like this on one of our walks when we came to visit; I tried to get some shots, but none were very good. What a sweet face she has!
She is a beauty Andrea.
A capital idea and this one looks very healthy. Nice photo in info!