The Young Ones

It is still very warm in the Forest and today after walking the dogs early we took a ride through the forest stopping off at the ponds along the way. We Now have two families of Canada geese on Cadmans pond.Goslings are so cute. The little ducklings were everywhere , lost count of the number of families we had, they are several different ages now.
By the side of the road we came across some sweet looking calves.Calves are so pretty and yet they seem to lose it as theygrow up.
Down on Hatchetts pond the 7 little cycgnets are all doing well. There is a second pair of swans,at the far end of the pond but no sign of cygnets there yet.
There are plenty of foals now on the forest and again we have different ages. The earlier foals are about 6 weeks old now, but they will continue to appear until September.

A very new Calf

It was drizzling when we walked this morning at Mogshade. By the pond we met this cute little calf, it can't have been very old as you could still see the umbilical cord hanging!

Afternoon Walk at Mogshade Hill

This afternoon we walked at Moghade Hill . You can see we had blue skies and for once it felt like summer. At the top of the hill we met this cute little foal playing hide and seek, we also saw some little calves out in the sun.
Halfway up the hill we saw some fallow deer
I just re edited this post to replace the vanishing pics it seems blogger is playing games again!

Th calf is a little nervous and Mum reassures him as the dogs go by

One of the boggy places at Shatterford.
Some deer watch us in the woods

Drizzly Morning at Pigbush

After the sunshine of yesterday evening it was disappointing to walk in drizzle this morning and as soon as we got home the sun came out! On our walk we saw a herd of deer in the distance and we also had several glimpses of a heron flying! Down by the little stream we met a group of inquisitive calves , one even gave Missy a Kiss, she was very quiet and was as interested in them as they were in her.

Two more cute little calves we met on our walk.

Cows at Mogshade Hill

A walk from The canadian Cross

We started our walk this morning at the Canadian Cross, we walked through the inclosure, and down to Highland Water, after the dogs had a paddle we crossed the stream and walked up the hill until we reached Murray's Passage. The passage is named after a local gentleman who fell from his horse and was killed, while riding to the hounds. (Sometimes it seems the Fox scores a victory!)The passage takes us down and up the valley between and then at the other side is Andrews Mare, pond. This is one of Missy's favourite places and we stopped for a while to let her have a good swim. It was then down another gentle hill to the stream and then back up until we came to the pond at the top of Mogshade Hill. here we found this cute little calf in his woolly winter coat. There were cattle here of all colours and sizes today. Just before we got back to the car we passed another very small pond with three mallard Drakes and a single female.

Another very pretty little calf gets nearer to its mother as we approach

When we got back to the road the little calves were there again.

This cute little Calf was near the carpark.