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Graphic Quotes - Photographs with quotes concerning animal rights, human rights and the environment which will focus on anything motivating or informative concerning these issues.
Sheep and Lambs - Photographs of lambs and sheep taken by my husband John and myself, mostly of sheep in the Yorkshire dales, Cumbria, Northumbria and Scotland. Also cattle in the North of England
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I cannot upload photographs to the website of a large size. Whenever possible I will include a link to my flickr Photostream where a full size version may be downloaded.
Click on the links below for a selection of photographs of the following breeds of sheep: Swaledale, Herdwick, Rough Fell and various other breeds. Also a section devoted entirely to lambs and a section which conveys Sheep Sentience. More photographs and videos will be included in due course. Both here and on the home page you will find notifications of updates and new photos.
Swaledale Sheep Herdwick Sheep RoughFell Lambs Sentient Sheep
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This page features various sheep breeds from here in the UK along with brief information
Blue Faced Leicester Sheep
Today Blue faced Leicester are found mostly in Northern England, Scotland and Wales.
A very proud looking creature, distinctive by the appearance of a blue face through white hair with a fine fleece which looks as though it has been twirled into tight curls.
Neither rams nor ewes have horns.
The Bluefaced Leicester developed over a period of two hundred years and became commonly known as the Hexham Leicester due to their early concentration and origins in the North of England.
httpps://www.flickr.com/photos/37177488@N06/5939329656/in/album-72157618092238169/
Today Blue faced Leicester are found mostly in Northern England, Scotland and Wales.
A very proud looking creature, distinctive by the appearance of a blue face through white hair with a fine fleece which looks as though it has been twirled into tight curls.
Neither rams nor ewes have horns.
The Bluefaced Leicester developed over a period of two hundred years and became commonly known as the Hexham Leicester due to their early concentration and origins in the North of England.
httpps://www.flickr.com/photos/37177488@N06/5939329656/in/album-72157618092238169/
Texel Ram
The Texel is a breed of domestic sheep originally from the island of Texel in the Netherlands. The exact origin of the breed is unknown although it is thought to be a cross of multiple English breeds.
The Texel is a heavily muscled sheep who in my opinion is less timid that many other breeds of sheep.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37177488@N06/5181144683/in/album-72157618092238169/
The Texel is a breed of domestic sheep originally from the island of Texel in the Netherlands. The exact origin of the breed is unknown although it is thought to be a cross of multiple English breeds.
The Texel is a heavily muscled sheep who in my opinion is less timid that many other breeds of sheep.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37177488@N06/5181144683/in/album-72157618092238169/
Wiltshire Horn
A strikingly handsome animal , who have impressive curling horns, both ewes and rams are horned but the horns of ewes are smaller.
This breed is one of only a very few who naturally shed their wool in the spring revealing a light coat of hair underneath.
Thought to have been brought to the UK by the Romans, the Wiltshire Horn was considered to be the most popular sheep breed of sheep in the 17th and 18th centuries. However by the beginning of the twenty century numbers had dwindled and this breed was on the verge of extinction. Fortunately numbers have recovered.
A strikingly handsome animal , who have impressive curling horns, both ewes and rams are horned but the horns of ewes are smaller.
This breed is one of only a very few who naturally shed their wool in the spring revealing a light coat of hair underneath.
Thought to have been brought to the UK by the Romans, the Wiltshire Horn was considered to be the most popular sheep breed of sheep in the 17th and 18th centuries. However by the beginning of the twenty century numbers had dwindled and this breed was on the verge of extinction. Fortunately numbers have recovered.
Manx Loaghtan
Both sexes have horns. A strikingly handsome creature he is small in stature and has a dark drown fleece which looks paler on the outside after exposure to the sun.
The Manx Loghtan is a primitive and now a rare breed which originated from the Isle of man.
The four large formidable looking horns are a distinctive feature but he is nonetheless a very timid creature, at least in our experience of this particular sheep who is one of a flock of rare sheep cared for at the university of Durham's Botanic Gardens.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37177488@N06/4449660871/in/album-72157618092238169/
Both sexes have horns. A strikingly handsome creature he is small in stature and has a dark drown fleece which looks paler on the outside after exposure to the sun.
The Manx Loghtan is a primitive and now a rare breed which originated from the Isle of man.
The four large formidable looking horns are a distinctive feature but he is nonetheless a very timid creature, at least in our experience of this particular sheep who is one of a flock of rare sheep cared for at the university of Durham's Botanic Gardens.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37177488@N06/4449660871/in/album-72157618092238169/
zwartble ram and ewes
A very handsome breed with a good thick fleece which keeps them warm in the colder northern region of Frieisland Holland, where it can be very cold wet and windy.
A naturally tame, friendly and docile sheep who have no horns. Their numbers have been reduced as a result of changes in farming practices, they have now been adopted by the the Dutch rare breeds survival Trust.
In the mid 1980s British enthusiasts imported zwartbles into the UK and they can now be found in England, Scotland and Wales, numbering over 3000 sheep. The picture above was taken in Cumbria
A very handsome breed with a good thick fleece which keeps them warm in the colder northern region of Frieisland Holland, where it can be very cold wet and windy.
A naturally tame, friendly and docile sheep who have no horns. Their numbers have been reduced as a result of changes in farming practices, they have now been adopted by the the Dutch rare breeds survival Trust.
In the mid 1980s British enthusiasts imported zwartbles into the UK and they can now be found in England, Scotland and Wales, numbering over 3000 sheep. The picture above was taken in Cumbria