Three Billy Goats Gruff - Norwegian Fairy Tale

 Well, not quite in fact the wrong sex but you get the gist!
In essence this Post is simply to introduce our
'Valued Readers'
to the new arrivals on the Heath.
For a number of weeks now a high fence has been erected around the
proposed grazing area where it is hoped these animals will be of benefit
to stimulate new/better growth across this valuable habitat.

Alison, the Livestock Lady in Waiting,
surely there will be some kind of 'politically correct' title but........

New accommodation for the immigrants,

wouldn't mind one of these myself as long as allowed to live here as well!

The moment we had all been waiting for,

and here are the

girls themselves and all c3

'In Kid' (pregnant).

The rest of the Welcoming Committee muster as the

Rare Breed

BAGOT GOATS
(further reading)

A proud looking Gary Clarke, Alison's predecessor,
and now Head of Exotics at Winchester Agricultural College.

To my knowledge they haven't been given names

but are individually recognisable by
Horn Structure.
This one has a cracked horn, causing no discomfort,

while the horns on this form a wide V.

The first out of the trailer (above) has its horns grown much closer together.
All else on the day were a pair of

SHELDUCK
which quickly took to the wing, along with a far more obliging

BLACK-HEADED GULL

which looked like it was on a nest rather than too puffed out to take off.

The SHELDUCK 
were relocated at the Irrigation Pond close by,

where they seemed far more settled allowing for a clip of both

MALE
and

FEMALE
Bad news from the Solar Panel Compound were it was found that the

Large Redundant Cable Drums
had been removed, so unlikely there will be any nesting
Pied Wagtail
on this site this year??

In sharp contrast to that, c2 (a pair?) of

LITTLE RINGED PLOVER
were found within what, since the construction of the panels, has become an
Undisturbed Breeding Site
we will be keeping an eye on them from a distance.

There's one in every family, usually me!

while the following morning the

BAGOTS
seem to have taken very well to their new quarters.

The  
BELTED GALLOWAYS

also seem to be showing great interest but more we feel this is no more than
cupboard love, their interest only lying with the food pellets
(if they could get at them) than the Goats themselves?
There will be another, something of a 'self indulgent'
Post tomorrow, to kick off the new month! 

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