Sheep Gone Home...

Its the end of another grazing year at Brown's Folly and the sheep returned home to the farm on Saturday. Here are a few pics of the day...

Loading the sheep in the trailer.

It wasn't quite as smooth a day as we had hoped for.  Unfortunately one of the sheep was dead when we arrived on Saturday to get them off, possibly from a parasitic infection like worms.  The sheepdogs did a fantastic job of getting them off the tricky slopes safely and they returned home happily to the sunshine at the farm.

Home, back on the farm.

Thank you to everyone for your help this year.  Look forward to seeing you all throughout the summer, and in Autumn when we put Poppy and this years lambs back on to Brown's Folly.

Ladies and Gentlemen Meet Poppy!

Spring is finally here! Last years Ewe's that were on the slopes have given birth to 6 new lambs who will be coming to Brown's Folly in Autumn.  But one young lamb has been rejected by its mother and is being bottle fed by the farmers young daughter who has called her Poppy.  Meet Poppy, she is pretty cute...

Poppy

The sheep have only a few weeks left at Browns Folly, but they are enjoying the views and the sunshine on the slopes of the Nature Reserve.