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Shearling

A ewe who lambs for the first time.

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Rory Stewart came across these numerals, apparently still used to count sheep by Cumbrian farmers. They trot off the tongue...

A sheep in its second year, between weaning and shearing. So now nobody can look down their aristocratic nose at...

The sheep are ‘hefted’, taught a sense of belonging to a place by their mothers when they are lambs. They...

Stuck? In a tight corner? No going forward ... or back? Call yourself Cragfast. A sheep cornered on a crag,...

A pithy simile for someone sin-sunk, cleverly playing on the double meanings of 'raddle'. .

Soaked in...

Goats, along with sheep, have a peculiar stare, sometimes vague and batty, sometimes sinister and glassy. This reminds me of...

I loved the unashamed enthusiasm of this statement, Rebanks having dedicated his life to preserving both this rare, tough breed...