Meet the flockers – and their woolly family
Looking to escape the city scene Jason and Yvonne Lancaster moved to the island in 2018 and, following a chance conversation with a crofter friend, are now the proud guardians of 13 orphan lambs.
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Invading sheep drive street barmy
Residents want ‘flock out of here’ after waking up shift workers, fouling roads, eating expensive flowers and damaging outdoor ornaments.
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Walkers seeking solitude told to find another way round it
For the first time in more than three decades, Mr Gully from Dunmor Farm on Seil has put up a sign pleading with the public to keep off the hill where he keeps just some of his 1,000 flock.
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All things baa baa bright and beautiful
The flock of multi-coloured sheep can be spotted at Coull Farm on Islay or via the farm and community Facebook pages.
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Crofters have their say on sea eagle attacks
Since their reintroduction, sea eagles have become more prevalent and have increasingly been targeting sheep.
Farming
Sheep have a vital role in helping to tackling climate change
The association’s concern is that alternative ways of managing land and vegetarian type foods are being proposed as being options to reduce warming while increasing evidence is showing that the opposite is true.
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Appin Show ready for another bumper year
Organisers are keeping fingers crossed for dry weather as they get the field ready for exhibitors and visitors at Tynribbie Croft for the village’s 62nd agricultural show
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Roll up, roll up! Lismore Show was ‘mega’
Numbers in the sheep and cattle classes at Lismore Show were up and sunshine brought out the crowds.
Farming
White-tailed eagles do kill healthy sheep stocks, say reports
The union says the documents give valuable insight into the work that is underway to deal with the problems caused by some eagles and states clearly for the first time that they do predate healthy sheep and lambs.