11/05/2026
New residents at Teifi Marshes.
As we sadly lost the Water Buffalo from the reserve last year due to the grazier selling his herd, we have now managed to replace them with some equally charasmatic animals, Highland cattle. These hardly animals are the next best thing to Water Buffalo in grazing the marsh and is hoped that they will manage the wetaland just as well. There will be 5 young cattle on this summer and we will monitor how they get on. They arrived last Tuesday and will stay on the reserve until the beginning of November. They tend to keep to shady areas when hot so may not be seen as often as the Water Buffalo were, who took advantage of wallowing in the pools when they got hot.
These animals are owned by Ben Giles, a local grazier who has a herd of Highland cattle just outside Llechryd.
Do come down and say hello!
