Shetland Cow by durleybeachbum

Photography • Animals • posted on Apr 18, 2015

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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)

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wysiwig

1:59PM | Sat, 18 April 2015

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.

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Juliette.Gribnau

2:17PM | Sat, 18 April 2015

she is beautiful and so are the deer

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moochagoo

2:19PM | Sat, 18 April 2015

Hello ! Nice Lady :) :)

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kgb224

2:54PM | Sat, 18 April 2015

Amazing capture Andrea. God bless.

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jendellas

5:16PM | Sat, 18 April 2015

She looks so calm & sweet. We have the cows back on the park but with their calves.

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

6:07PM | Sat, 18 April 2015

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.

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giulband

1:01AM | Sun, 19 April 2015

Simply Beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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CavalierLady

6:58AM | Sun, 19 April 2015

Nice closeup of this gentle cow and great shot of the deer, as well! Nicely done.

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helanker

10:45AM | Sun, 19 April 2015

It looks very sweet .-) It is such a great way to keep nature well trimmed :-) Love the thought of that :)

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Glendaw

10:55AM | Sun, 19 April 2015

Wonderful macro shot of the beautiful cow and fantastic shot of the grazing deer.

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irisinthespring

12:46PM | Sun, 19 April 2015

Marvelous captures!

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anahata.c

1:17PM | Sun, 19 April 2015

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.

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MrsRatbag

7:49PM | Sun, 19 April 2015

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!

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