The Litcham Common Ponies
The major focus over the
past few months has continued to be the project to reintroduce grazing
on the common, using Dartmoor ponies. Four ponies have been purchased
and at the moment are being looked after by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust
at Grimston Warren nature reserve. They will be brought to Litcham once
the north-west half of the common has been made stock proof. This work
is scheduled to take place in the second half of May, so the ponies
should arrive at Litcham in early June.
The progress of the grazing
proposals has been reported on an ongoing basis in ‘Church &
Village’ magazine and also on this website. The Management
Committee is grateful for the feedback received and also to the members
of the public who have volunteered to help look after the ponies once
they arrive.
Here is a photograph of three of the ponies at Grimston Warren.
Left: Show Time Truelove (iron grey) - Centre:Lucky Boy Truelove (bright bay with a white star) - Right:Simon (dark bay)
The fourth, not pictured, is named Freedom and is a bay/roan.
The Management Committee is keen to
include the local community in the grazing project as much as possible
and is pleased that Litcham Primary School has shown an interest.
Anyone else who would like to help, or has questions or comments, is
asked to speak to a member of the Management Committee.
