Our whole house was woken up at 3:20am by cows in a nearby field having a group panic attack.

This is rural England so the biggest local predators not hunted to extinction are badgers and foxes. The guy who owns the farm said nobody had been down the track to our area since I got home late yesterday. So whatever was bugging the cows at 3am is a mystery.

The farmer said the cows had all formed a circle and looked ready to bolt en masse. And initially they didn’t respond to him and his son in law at all.

The only thing I can think of was there’s a base 15ish miles south that hosts 3 fighter squadrons. Night time exercises are not uncommon. Maybe a night time low and fast fly past caused it. But none of us heard a jet.

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Carazaa · F

There are no wolves in England, no?

AdmiralPrune · 46-50, M

@Carazaa No there have been no wolves since the 17th century.

Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M

No odd lights in the sky?

AdmiralPrune · 46-50, M

@Crazywaterspring Nothing reported.

GoFish ·

no wolves?

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AdmiralPrune · 46-50, M

@GoFish There has been calls to trilateral term here too but farmers nationally objected.
They already have issues with golden and sea eagles carrying off lambs.

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Carazaa · F

@AdmiralPrune

Wolves in the U.K. were hunted to extinction in the 1600s.

OK interesting, they are in Sweden and they are in USA.

Convivial · 26-30, F

No cattle mutilations....

AdmiralPrune · 46-50, M

@Convivial Apparently not.

Picklebobble2 · 61-69, M

Low flying aircraft ?

Even gliders or small engine microlight might be enough to upset them.
Especially if done en masse.

AdmiralPrune · 46-50, M

@Picklebobble2 That was my thought. Gliders of microlights don’t fly around here at night because the terrain and radio towers.

Picklebobble2 · 61-69, M

@AdmiralPrune but you do hear about groups getting together early to try and avoid law enforcement or ATC scrutiny

AdmiralPrune · 46-50, M

@Picklebobble2 Yes we considered hare coursing and thieves but the three local farmers have teamed up and created a surveillance fortress that has to be seen to be believed. It’s one of the perks of being their neighbours.
But you know how it is. People find a way.

Thevy29 · 41-45, M

Isn't there cryptid stories of big cats (Panthers, cougars and lynxes) in the British country side?

If it were the jets doing a low flay by you'd think someone would have heard it too.

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