....where your yellow/orange woolly jumper came from? Lol!!!
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Ah yes! A wonderful programme - made self-sufficiency seem sooo attractive.
The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.
The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!
I live on Angelsey where there are thousands of sheep but cant say ive ever seen one this color.
Birds Rule
Lol!! These are rams actually, up in Perthshire (near Amulree). The farmers dye their wool to spot them more easily when out on the hills 'servicing' the ewes!! It is quite a surprise when you first see them though!! Couldn't resist a photo!
Unknown said: I thought Essex grew pigs rather than sheep - sure it was pig country when I lived there (briefly).
I thought Essex grew pigs rather than sheep - sure it was pig country when I lived there (briefly).
No we definitely have sheep here in Essex, pigs too but not sure what the ratio is
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We were in N-E Essex, near the Suffolk Border, and no sheep there then (but it was l-o-n-g ago!). Must be quite a lot of piggies - Dunmow Flitch, and all that! But perhaps sheep are further south in the County (salt-marsh lamb?).
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
To be honest OG I have no idea, I think alot of farmers who had cattle, lost so much during foot and mouth that perhaps they diversified and turned to sheep farming (but what do I know I'm certainly no expert), they have cows too but also sheep - we live near the Essex coast (towards Harwich) also not far off the border of Suffolk only a 15-20 minute drive.
Unknown said: To be honest OG I have no idea, I think alot of farmers who had cattle, lost so much during foot and mouth that perhaps they diversified and turned to sheep farming (but what do I know I'm certainly no expert), they have cows too but also sheep - we live near the Essex coast (towards Harwich) also not far off the border of Suffolk only a 15-20 minute drive.
When does lambing happen down your way? Up here they tend towards late lambing - March/April, so the rams are just now starting their work. (apparently mating Bonfire Night produces lambs on April Fools!)
Unknown said: When does lambing happen down your way? Up here they tend towards late lambing - March/April, so the rams are just now starting their work. (apparently mating Bonfire Night produces lambs on April Fools!)
How funny! you would think all the noise on Bonfire Night would put them off!
As to our lambing season, we have seen lambs in April and have also seen them later on in the year but don't know whether that is every year - I think it depends on the climate and conditions but as I've only been lambing once I could be wrong. It was many many years ago, I lived in Hertfordshire and if memory serves me right, I'm sure that was in April. I believe some parts of the country breed them later due to milder conditions and longer grass growth - these then become next year's first season's lamb from February onwards.