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October 2026 Photo Blog

October has been a lovely month as more of our cows have come back to our hill enclosure and it has allowed us to catch up with our old girls. The characters of our calves that were born this year are starting to shine through and over the next few days our wonderful reindeer adopters will learn the theme we have chosen to use to name our youngsters.

2nd October: Suebi and her calf after one of our Hill Trips.
3rd of October: Cicero has a passenger! (Druid behind) A trip to the farm to help Tilly with our older reindeer resulted in this hilarious image. We brought the reindeer off the hillside down to one of our sheds for a quick check over and then fed them back out on the hill side.
4th October: Glacée and Ceilidh have spent the summer out on the free range and were brought into our enclosure for a short stint.
7th October: Kulfi has learned that hanging around the herders means there might be a chance for extra food.
8th October: A recent addition to the herd- Willow the little Labrador!
11th October: During the run up to winter our calves get preferential feeding; it also helps the calves get used to us herders, after being on the free range for the first 4-5 months of their lives.
11th October: Lovely Pinto after one of our Hill Trip’s. She can be a quiet lass but as you can see from the intent in her eyes- she can be won over by food.
12th October: Ceilidh has inherited the strong-willed gene from her mother, Glacée, but can also be very greedy.
13th October: It is normal for us to not see reindeer for a few weeks/months whilst the reindeer are out on the free range for the summer. Diamond had not been seen for a wee while before she was brought back into out hill enclosure. It was an absolute treat to have her lovely face in our enclosure and she has now been moved to our hill farm for the winter.
14th October: Over the last couple of days, we had been visited by all of our old girls. Here is Hobnob, who is 17 years old alongside Shannon (on the right) who is one of our 3 year-old-cows.
16th October: Possibly the smallest reindeer of the herd. Pumkin’s calf is in the running for cutest calf of the year.
17th October: Oatcake fresh off the free range and enjoying handfeed.
21st October: Borlotti and her Calf. Borlotti has done well raising her little one over the summer as he is one of the biggest calves this year.
22nd October: Merida with the first snow of the season behind.
24th October: Moving free rangers! Here we have Fab (on the right), River (on the left) and Salsa behind River.

-Amy

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