Jack M - 30/09/2024

 10:10. Close up check. Soggy after last nights weather but all fine.

PW 29/9/24 10.00

All 6 wading around the shoreline of compartment one. No issues.

27/09/2024

 10:00- All 6 together, grazing / resting on western side of section 2. Close check of all. No concerns.

26/09/2024

 10:00- All 6 grazing in sector 1. Close up check of all. No concerns. Hampshire gate between 1 and 2 now open as requested by Jack.

24/09/2024

10:00 - All 6 happily grazing in sector 1! The grass is obviously greener there. Gate between 1 and 2 still closed so they are freely using the lake as a detour round it.

Dun mare's lump/ insect bite as seen last Friday has nearly vanished . Not bothering her when touched. No concerns.

PW 23/9/2024

15.40. All 6 seen from tern hide in compartment one. No issues.

PW 22/9/2024

15.00. Started to get a bit worried. Walked up and down compartment two a couple of times, no sign. Eventually, found them in compartment one. Hampshire gate intact so they must have walked around the willows. No point trying to move them back.

Simon - 21/09/2024

 13:45. Ponies all ok.

20/07/2024

10:00 All 6 found grazing near the graveyard in compartment 2, as hoped! They are now confined there,  as I have shut the Hants gate between 2 and 3. Of course,  they may remember how to access compartment 1 by wading in Ibsley Water ....time will tell. Bigger dun mare has a largish lump (approx 1'' in diameter) visible on her ,just behind her right fore leg : she wouldn't allow me near enough to investigate. Possible reaction to horsefly bite. Didn't seem to be bothering her at all. Otherwise, no concerns.

19/07/2024

 10:00 -All 6 grazing companionably together by the most easterly sheep paddock, a couple of them testing the fence strength for greener grass on the sheeps' side. and eating hawthorn, leaves, berries and all. As Pete has already posted, I will  try to move them tomorrow if they have not already made the transition. themselves: watch this space.

PW 14.00 19/7

On Lynn's advice as grass getting is getting scarce in 3, I tried to move them to 2 but they were not having any of it. Hampshire gate between 1 & 2 is now closed and repaired. Gate between 2 & 3 is open. Lynn will attempt to move them and close gate behind them tomorrow.

17/09/2024

 10:20 - All 6 together just beyond the Hampshire gate closest to the osprey platform. Newbie sems fine although the others were bullying her a bit. No issues.

PW 15th 12.27

All 6 by Elephant garden. No issues.

Jack M - 14/09/2024

 12:45. All six together near eastern Hampshire gate. 2 having a snooze in the sun. No issues. 

Simon - 13/09/2024

 16:35. Ponies all ok.

Simon - 11/09/2024

Ponies sorting out the pecking order with Polly gone - most likely cause of cut to new mare. Seem to be settling now. Unfortunately Polly had to be put down not long after returning back to Simon’s farm. Simon: “She has gone to the happy hunting ground with the blood hounds so she will run the forest again”.

Jack M - 10/09/2024

17:00. Small cut on new mare not looking any worse. All else ok.

8/9/2024 11.46

All 6 by elephant garden. New mare has a small cut right flank. Not bleeding.

Simon - 06/09/2024

 13:30. Dark chestnut mare removed from site. Replaced with her daughter (so still 6 ponies).

06/09/2024

 10:00 - All six loosely together, grazing or sheltering, in and around the oaks by the sheep paddock. No concerns other than for the continuing poor condition of the dark mare.

05/09/2024

 10:00 - All 6 taking shelter from the rain under oaks by the sheep paddock. No issues other than those previously noted about the dark mare's appearance. looks worse with a wet coat. 

Simon & Jack 03/09/2024

3 checks today! Lynn 10:00, Simon 11:30 & Jack 16:20. All six ponies together.  All in good condition with exception to the dark chestnut which is looking on the skinny side and slowly losing condition. Simon informed.  

Cover for W/C 9th Sept whilst Lynn and Pete are away:

Monday 9th - Jack

Tues 10th - none

Wednesday 11th - Simon

Thurs 12th  - none

Friday 13th - Simon 

Saturday 14th - Simon

Sunday 15th - Simon

Monday 16th - none

Tuesday17th - Lynn

03/09/2024

 10:00 - All 6 grazing together by the easternmost paddock . Close check over: no issues apparent.

PW 1/9 14.51

Dark and skinny under the oaks, the other five down by the elephant garden. No issues apparent.