Attenborough's Horses
There has been a significant change at Attenborough's Fields: horses will no longer be grazed there. The tenant's right has lapsed on the expiry of their most recent contract and Hertfordshire County Council say that they are now "developing a management plan for the fields, which will enable them to be managed in a more environmentally friendly way that helps biodiversity". They suggest that the fields are currently over-grazed, though the horses have now been supplanted with red poll cattle (equine photographs are obviously archival pictures!).
Horses gathering in anticipation of afternoon shade.
Grazing in the shade.
Mare and foal, looking SE to Merry Hill.
View to NW, grazing horses.
Three foals. The summer's drying out the pond but there's a nearby trough with a piped supply for their convenience.
The same pond in early spring.
More grazing horses.
Also see Attenborough's Fields and Attenborough's Mists.
Part of Merry Hill Walk.