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The Joy of Nature - big bird watch and surprising behaviour of a cow!

Marianne72

Here are two things to cheer you! Take part in the Big Garden Bird Watch this weekend. This is a joyous thing to do, knowing you will be part of a much-needed citizen science project by RSPB. The second is amazing behavour of a farmyard cow, using tools. Enjoy!

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  • The cow looks very happy which is lovely to see. Apart from her amazing skills that enable her to relieve itches, she is happy having a broom to occupy part of her time.

    Not all cattle would be able to use a broom, but it would be good if milk from cows wasn’t so intensively produced and enrichment provided in the form of more ‘car wash’ style bristle rollers for cows to walk through and to experiment with toys such as giant balls. Most cows are left standing in cramped conditions over winter with little room to move freely or to forage for food. 

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I would be good to see cows with a more enriched environment, there are still a lot of cows out at this time of year round here, we have a lot of very hardy breeds and recent relatively mild winters means they're able to graze for longer. One SSI has cows graze on it from november to february to help manage the ecosystem.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    People now are much more aware of the need for canine enrichment so it would be nice if this were extended more to farm animals and horses.

    TheCatWoman said:
    One SSI has cows graze on it

    What’s an SSI? If the context had been different I would have guessed a disease.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I'm going to look it up, we often drive through for the ferry (husband is Irish so we go over at least once a year, sometimes via Holyhead, sometimes via Belfast). It's nice to know places to stop!

    It's very cool when they use hardy  cattle to help control the vegetation on reserves, they have much more natural behaviours and are more part of the landscape then.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I'm going to look it up, we often drive through for the ferry (husband is Irish so we go over at least once a year, sometimes via Holyhead, sometimes via Belfast). It's nice to know places to stop!

    It's very cool when they use hardy  cattle to help control the vegetation on reserves, they have much more natural behaviours and are more part of the landscape then.

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