By Faye Mayern via SWNS
This is the comical moment a herd of cows joined a crowd of onlookers to watch a choir performance – with one even nodding along to the music.
The Red Polls cows appeared ‘mesmerized’ by the West Bridgford Social Singers as they performed impromptu acapella renditions in Mill Pond, Cambridge.
Lori Cunningham filmed the ‘magical’ encounter while cycling home on September 7 after spotting the farmyard animals all gazing in one direction.
She said: “I spotted cows along the path which is not unusual as they roam freely here, but they seemed to be gazing in one direction.
“I followed their gaze and at the same time, I heard singing and noticed small groups of people were gathering to listen to the impromptu performance by a choir.
“It was beautiful. There was even an interaction between a couple of cows who nuzzled two singers, almost as though to say thank you for the lovely music.
“It was a sublime moment and a poignant reminder that cows are sensitive, sentient creatures.”
The herd at Coe Fen has large cowbell-like collars containing GPS trackers and follows in the tradition of ‘Commons gazing’ used in cities before the 17th century.
They are a regular sight for locals and visitors in the university city during the spring and summer months.
West Bridgford Social Singers had been on a social day trip to Cambridge with 54 of their members when they were joined by four animals
Secretary Lyn Schofield said the cows were “engrossed” and it was a “magical moment” as the cows stayed for around an hour.
She said: “I was born in Cambridge and I said to the others that the cows own this land.
“We sat and had a picnic on the corner of the Mill Pond which was lovely. We started to sing a few songs and the cows walked across.
“One of our members got headbutted three times because she was stroking one of them and it liked the pets.
“I swear one of the cows was swinging his head in time with the singing.
“Once we moved on to Christ’s Pieces, the cows also went back to their field on Coe Fen.”
The community choir, based in Nottingham, has been around for 30 years and often take social trips where the singers can get to know each other outside of practice.
Lyn added: “It was one of those lovely moments that was captured and the cows just made it for us.
“We were astonished by how long they stood still for – as if they were mesmerized.”
The choir sang ‘A Thousand Years’ by Christina Perri to the cows as well as ‘Shallow’ by Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga.
