Return of the Flossies

The short period of livestock absence is soon gone. Decisions about grazing are taken purely from the point of view of convenience for the grazier. It will not be for another 12 months that sheep are off the pastures again. This is an issue and should be raised but SWT will resist it. The sheep that have returned with lambs look quite different to those removed a couple of weeks ago. Those were much neater and more compact in appearance whereas these are a scruffy lot.

Mentioning the pasture land and the issue of recreation priorities reminds me that last week there was again some hang glider instruction going on. I had thought SWT had stopped this activity because of the impact on the bird breeding season. About six years ago a fairly elderly gentleman came along to a RAG meeting and politely asked if his small group (all similarly elderly) who operated radio controlled gliders (silent kind) could continue doing what they have been doing for scores of years for one or two days a year. He was told by no means because birds would be affected. I somehow doubt that the hang gliders have even asked - and doubt that SWT are interested in doing anything about it. An SWT car was in the car park while the hang gliders were there.