If we can reach it we'll eat it. That's the ponies motto, they're nibblers see. Never more so than through the thin part of the year, when any opportunity for a feed is taken. Ivy (Hedera helix) is always a particular favourite with them, as is Holly (Ilex aquifolium), some are so nibbled it's a wonder they endure, but they do. The winter months can be hard on the ponies with food becoming scarce, sometimes critically so. In those years the ponies nibbling can become an issue, stripping some Ivy from a fallen tree isn't a problem, though I've seen them strip veteran beeches to the point of killing them, completely ringing the trunk. Not cool.
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