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Oliver Schick
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^many Grazing cattle.
Resolving a ridiculous OWL alert from the Metropolitan Police.
Following an extremely wet Winter/Spring, (many footpaths transformed into temporary streams), and bridle paths widened into 25 metres of quagmire, The Shutdown has brought many (hopefully new) visitors to the Ruislip Woods NNR. The Council installed an all-weather path around the Lido many years ago, and for many visitors a stroll on a mud-free tarmac path, glorious views across the Lido, see a few waterbirds, swans, geese, mallards, coots, terns, and a coffee and a cake in the San Remo cafe by the beach is a fine day out.
Now the footpaths have dried out, some people are venturing further than they have previously,
and OWL sent out an alert asking if any local farmers had lost some cattle, as they had been seen in a field 'in th'Woods'.
I don't personally subscribe to OWL, but a trusted mate and a local Councillor forwarded me the message, and I have had a response from the Met Pol Officer who manages the OWL response desk. Hopefully, before the weekend, he can issue the clarifying message confirming that the grazing cattle should be there, have been a feature and management method for over a decade, and
that dog walkers who wish to share Poor's Field with the cattle are respectfully asked to put their dogs on leads.