#kerry hill sheep

[vintagewildlife]

Kerry Hill sheep By: Unknown photographer From: Sheep of the World 1980

#domestic sunday #kerry hill sheep #sheep #caprine #ungulate #mammal #1980 #1980s #Sheep of the World (1980)

[dannyfoley]

(For)

Some ecologists are calling for predators such as wolves and lynx to be returned to Ireland

They say this would help control Ireland's expanding deer population and so protect forests and crops

Sheep farmers in particular say they fear attacks on their animals and the threat to rural communities

The animals were hunted to extinction in Ireland in the late 18th Century, but there are increasing calls from ecologists to bring them back, potentially alongside another large predator, the lynx.

The benefits, they argue, range from controlling deer numbers and so protecting forests, to reducing road accidents.

However, the idea of reintroducing large predators is, not surprisingly, unpopular with Ireland's farmers.

Sheep farmers in particular fear attacks on their flocks and the impact on rural communities.

If there's one key reason for the calls to bring back the predators it's the ever expanded deer population in Ireland.

Overgrazing by them has led to damage to forests as well as crops.

Earlier this year, the chair of the Wicklow Deer Management Partnership said there could be more than 100,000 of the animals in that county alone.

Last year, 55,000 deer were culled in Ireland.

Ecologist Padraic Fogarty says that Ireland had pressing targets to meet for climate and biodiversity.

"Among those is restoring elements of our natural ecosystem particularly forests, peatlands and so on," he says.

"You just can’t have natural ecosystems that work without big predators.

"So if we want to re-establish big areas of forest that’s not going to be possible if we’re going to have deer numbers that are totally out of control or we don’t have the balance in those forests so that they can re-generate and perpetuate themselves over the long-term."

Mr McLoughlin adds that culling deer is not working.

"The first year that they culled deer in Ireland they killed 5,000 deer, last year they killed 50,000," he says.

"Every year, it’s cull, cull, cull and the numbers are still increasing."

He says by chasing their prey, wolves ensure they catch "the sick, the diseased, the old and the frail" and create a healthy deer population.

"The diseased ones that they’re taking out of the population are diseases that we really fear, like Lyme disease that affects thousands of people in Ireland," he says.

"They will also take out TB, which farmers dread.

"Crop framers have their crops destroyed by overpopulation of deer – the wolves will actually help the crop farmers, the tillage farmers."

Mr McLoughlin also cites a US study that suggested a 23% in reduction in road accidents involving deer in places with a wolf population.

"Wolves create a landscape of fear that keeps deer moving, it keeps deer away from the roads, it keeps deer up in the highlands where we want them, not down in our fields or in our gardens," he says.

"Despite intensive farming and urban sprawl, all it took for these animals to recover in mainland Europe was for people to stop killing them."

He says the public would have nothing to fear from the prospect of lynx reintroductions.

"There is not a single record of a human attack, let alone mortality from a wild Eurasian lynx anywhere in the world," he says.

(Against)

John Joe Fitzgerald is a sheep farmer from County Kerry and member of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association.

"We have the domestic dogs in this country, they’re killing anything between 300 and 500, maybe 600 animals a year," he says.

"We can’t control the domestic dogs we have, how are we going to control a wild animal?

"I can’t see any way that they could reintroduce these animals, it wouldn’t be fair on the rural communities, it wouldn’t be fair on farmers and even small towns."

Mr Fitzgerald says across Europe where wolves have returned, thousands of sheep are being killed by them every year.

"Are we going to live in fear now that our animals are going to be slaughtered?" he says.

"The vast tracts of land are not in this country to reintroduce wolves, even if they’re going to be controlled.

"The only known predator to the wolf in Ireland is a gun.

"It’s not nice to reintroduce wolves and then we as farmers or rural communities have to start shooting them – it makes no sense."

(Meeting both halfway)

Padraic Fogarty said an important part of any reintroduction projects would be to pay farmers and local communities.

"We’re not talking about compensation, because that kind of implies damage, but if we start talking about the rewards communities could get from having large predators in their areas then I think the attitude might be different and we might have a different conversation that wouldn't be so vexed," he says.

Josh Twining agrees with this approach.

"Mitigation programmes in countries where people share their landscapes with large carnivores vary substantially, but increasing in popularity is the use of conservation performance payments," he says.

"I think for lynx reintroduction to ever gain any real traction, it needs to be led in collaboration with those who would be most affected, the sheep farmers, the game keepers, the custodians of the land."

Killian McLaughlin says that there is a "need to start educating people first of all and educating them that they [wolves] don’t kill people and they actually benefit us as well".

He adds: "There’s lots of ways of protecting livestock and our neighbours on the continent have gotten very good at protecting them."

Padraic Fogarty says that technically, these reintroductions would be feasible and that the species themselves could survive and adapt - "but it’s living alongside humans that is the problem".

Mr McLoughlin says it wouldn't take many wolves to balance the ecosystem.

"Top predators never overpopulate because if they do their food source disappears and they disappear," he says.

"We could initially start off with one pack and study them, but we would need a bit of genetic diversity, so you would probably need several pairs."

He adds: "It would really be about giving them the basics that they need to survive and then just leaving them well enough alone and letting nature take its course, because nature survived without us for millions and millions of years."

#biodiversity #art and ecology #ecosystem #reintroduction #conservation #cohabitation #wolves #lynx #forest #wildlife #Irish wildlife #farming #ecology

[invisible-goats]

Country Show Pictures!

Texel sheep (white with gold wool)

Hebredean sheep (recently removed from the list of endangered breeds! Curved horns and all black)

Black faced valais sheep (black with curly white wool)

Kerry Hill sheep (white wool, black and white face and long bunny ears. The colouring kind of looks to me like it's wearing a skull as a mask)

Cows! It didn't say what kind, but it's red and white and beautiful

Shire horse! I love its pretty ribbons. They get bigger than this but this was the best yearling (a large brown horse with yellow and blue ribbons in its mane and tail)

Donkey parade!

There were also geese and runner ducks, which were used in a sheepdog display!

#long post #bury agricultural show

[namesetc]

Lamb Names Part 2

based on types of sheep

adal

aci

acipa / acipay

acipayam

alpine

atley / atlay

ancon

aussie

aussiedown

arcott

arles

ardi

ardia

blue

bou

bouill

bouillet

braun / braune

brian

brianzo

brianzola

barbary

churro

cam

cameron

cameroon

castle

charmoise

charoll

charollais

chevoit

chios

churra

cikta

cine

capari

clun

columbia

comi

comisan

comisana

cool

coola

coolalee

cormo

corrie

corriedale

coast

croix

dale

dala

debo / debou

debouil

debouillet

derby

din

dorper

dorset

down

deut

devon

drenth

drys

dean

delaine

east

edilbay

elliot / elliott

folk

fory

forystufe

fabrian

faroe

finn

flander

fugle

fell

grit

galic

galicia

galician

galway

grey

gulf

hamp

hampshire

hebri

hebridean

herdwick

herik

hill

iceland

icelandic

ice

jo

jacob

katahdin

kata / katah

karakul

karayaka

kara

kul

kem

kempen

kerry

kivircik

kivi

kivir

kashmir

lincoln

lei

leicester

lacaune

latxa

leccese

leine

llan

lleyn

lonk

merino

milk

moorit

massese

mitchelle

maritza

nava

navajo

noire

north

olde

oxford

ovis

pen

panama

polypay

pitt

portland

port

poll

rambo / rambou

red

racka

rideau

rhoen

romanov

rom

romney

roslag

rouge

rosa

rya

rye

ryeland

suffolk

shire

southdown

south

stein

steinschaf

sakiz

scott

serai / serrai

shet / shett

shetland

sici

sicilia

soay

swifter

sane

texel

tautra

valais

vala

valas

velay

vendeen

wensley

white

wilt

wilti

wiltipoll

wiltshire

xalda

xaxi

yak

yaka

yellow

yemen

zackel

zaian

zel

zelazna

zela

zemour / zemmour

zeta

zoulay

source

#sheep breeds #lamb names #names for lambs #names of lambs #name lists #name suggestions #read dni #name ideas #name blog #read my dni #name request #name inspiration #baby names #gender neutral names #name #names list #name list #read byf #read my pinned post

[celfrhianhopkinsart]

The wearing of worn hills intrigues me. This has led me into a collaboration with Kerry Collinson to create a patchquilt that can be worn in a performative way. Performance art is intriguing to me as I have extensive experience of public speaking through my coaching work but little experience of performing for the sake of art. I feel that the narrative and auto ethnographic genres are better suited to charting my true artistic identity. It was a good exercise however and allowed me an opportunity to teach Kerry the craft, brainstorm concepts around unity, practice working in unity and create a blanket to cover over our ideas and embody our connection.

The prints that Kerry chose did not tie in with my theme, however this was of little consequence as I contemplated ways of intertwining our binary, creative minds with this singular formed cloth. This intertwining concept is attached to my fields of thought and in particular to the borders that segment fields on mountains. Though perilous, barbed wire fencing protects a farmers livestock from roaming and runs in lines parralel to the fields. This juxtaposes metal and cloth, matt and shine, cold and warm.

In my own family research I discovered a beautiful photo post modernist era of the effort farmers made to rescue stray sheep who crossed over the hedgerow borders up onto the mountains in bleak weather. Livestock was valuable for meat, wool and lambing. Jumping from one patch into another could cost the life of a sheep.

[pond-jumpers]

The Killarney Redo:

The morning started with the arrival of the sweetest postman on earth. The Irish postman drives up the driveway, backs up to the front door, and gets out of his truck. He gently knocks on the glass door, and patiently waits for you to open it. When you do, Micheál engages in a lilting brogue of charming chit chat and well wishes. And, this happens Every Day!

Today, my own Trekking poles arrived! (About the poles, since we have more hills to climb in Ireland, I ordered my poles to be delivered here. They are magnificent and will be well broken in when I get home ☺️)

Then, we left for another 84 km drive (each way) to and from Killarney so that our crew could do some Irish shopping.

On the entire way from Valentia to Killarney we passed hundreds of green and yellow Kerry flags. Flags flew from flagpoles, hung out windows, stuck on sticks at the edge of driveways. Penant bunting draped houses, and even cars!

When we got to Killarney the town was decked out with Kerry flags and congratulatory signs. Everywhere green and gold were the predominant colors of the day.

(We learned later that the Kerry team was due back in Ireland that night after winning a record 38 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title.)

In bedecked Killarney, Marion took us to a Fish and Chips shop. At Quinlans Seafood Bar we had the best fish of our lives and we tasted absolutely delicious mushy peas! (👍🏻)

We wandered the shops —Nik got a few Wacky Wooly sheep items, and most of us found some souvenirs.

Our day in Killarney ended at Murphy’s ice cream, where Rachael and Nik had two scoops of chocolate; Marion had one each of Sea Salt and Irish Brown Bread; and Holly had one each of Mango and Raspberry.

We, of course, stopped at the Super Tesco to replenish our snacks, and lay in supplies to take home (like fabulous freeze dried coffee, squash, lemon curd, and JoNuts (Java Cake Donuts)).

Then, we made the long ride back home, on the windy road peppered with the bright Kerry flags.

TIL: Fáilte (fal-cha) means Welcome.

[bolest-kosti]

Kerry Hill Sheep warmup

#art #warmup #doodles #sketchbook #sketch #illustration #traditional art #sheep #kerry hill sheep

[yenquach]

Patreon reward for Kit! 

Process post here

#kerry hill sheep #furry art #sheep girl #artists on tumblr #portfolio #digital art #occult art

[anungulateaday]

Kerry Hill (Ovis Aries)

#ungulate #Kerry Hill #Sheep #Ovis Aries

[brackenfur]

literally cannot get over border leicester sheep they’re one of my fave kinds

#bunny sheep....BUNNY SHEEP #i cant decide if oliver is gonna be one of these or a kerry hill #sheep #shark noises

[samtheacesheep]

Portland, Greyface Dartmoor and I think Kerry Hill sheep. 

#sheep #sheepies #aww #Portland sheep #Greyface Dartmoor #Kerry Hill #got to pat sheep today #very soft #best day

[themoonking]

thinkin about them (kerry hill sheep)

#my beloved... #idk if yall know this i might not have talked about it on this blog but my DREAM is to own a sheep farm #and my dream sheep breed is the kerry hill but they're SUPER uncommon in the us #like they only started being properly bred in the usa in like 2006/2007? ish? #so it's highly unlikely that i'd ever be able to get them even if i was able to get the land/funds required to own sheep in th 1st place #so my second choice would be finnsheep bc i also love finnsheep #sheep <3 #used to have a sideblog that was just pictures of sheep! but also i get really overwhelmed whenever i have more than like four sideblogs #so i deleted it #lmao #i speak

[jollysportingbear]

The Big Pen. by Davie Main Via Flickr: This small band of blackface ewes have some size of pen to wander about on. They are one of the hardiest sheep breeds in the country and are able to cope with exposed hillsides and moors. Taken from the slopes of Beinn Heasgarnich.

#beinn heasgarnich #perthshire #perthshire hills #munros #scottish mountains #hillwalking #scottish highlands #blackface sheep #blackface ewes #scottish sheep #Blackfaced Highland #Kerry #Linton #Scottish Mountain #Scottish Highland #Scotch Blackface and Scotch Horn

[francesderwent]

I think my book total for the year was one hundred and twenty-four. I’m absolutely tickled pink.

the book list, with the most recent at the top and recommendations marked by an asterisk, is below the cut:

*Thomas Aquinas, and What I Saw In America, G.K. Chesterton *White Cat and Red Glove, Holly Black *Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke *Sunshine, Robin McKinley How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, Holly Black *The Hawthorne Legacy, Jennifer Lynn Barnes *The Last Graduate, Naomi Novik *The Man in the Queue, Josephine Tey In the Last Analysis, Amanda Cross *The Seer and the Sword, Victoria Hanley Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell Call Down the Hawk and Mr. Impossible, Maggie Stiefvater The Box in the Woods, Maureen Johnson *Gaudy Night, Dorothy Sayers The Box in the Woods, Maureen Johnson *Something New, P.G. Wodehouse *The Witness for the Dead, Katherine Addison Not Like the Movies, Kerry Winfrey *A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik *Frederica, Georgette Heyer *Heretics, G.K. Chesterton *Crocodile on the Sandbank, Elizabeth Peters *Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses, Kristen O'Neal Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Douglas Adams *The Blatchford Controversies, G.K. Chesterton *The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume V: The Outline of Sanity, The Appetite of Tyranny, The Crimes of England, The End of the Armistice, Utopia of Usurers Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro *Would Like To Meet, Rachel Winters *The Nine Tailors, Dorothy Sayers The City of Brass, S.A. Chakraborty *Brat Farrar, Josephine Tey Big Summer, Jennifer Weiner *The Ordinary Princess, M.M. Kaye Princess of Thorns, Stacey Jay Well Met, Jen DeLuca The Unexpected Everything, Morgan Matson *The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis *Black Sheep, Georgette Heyer Strange Practice, Vivian Shaw *The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume III: Where All Roads Lead, The Catholic Church and Conversion, Why I Am A Catholic, The Thing: Why I Am A Catholic, The Well and the Shallows, The Way of the Cross *Murder Must Advertise, by Dorothy Sayers *Garment of Shadows, by Laurie King *Renegades, Archenemies, and *Supernova, by Marissa Meyer *The Fixer and *The Long Game, Jennifer Lynn Barnes How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge, K. Eason American Primitive, Mary Oliver *Have His Carcase, Dorothy Sayers *The Martian, Andy Weir *The Theft of Sunlight, Intisar Khanani *The Switch, Beth O'Leary *A Scholar of Magics, Caroline Stevermer Magic for Liars, Sarah Gailey *Bath Tangle, Georgette Heyer *A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, Abbi Waxman The Lovely and the Lost, Jennifer Lynn Barnes *The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis Moon Over Soho, Ben Aaronovitch The Five Red Herrings, Dorothy Sayers *How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse, K. Eason *The Silence of St. Thomas, Josef Pieper Tiny Pretty Things, Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton *A Thousand Mornings and *Felicity, by Mary Oliver *Eugenics and Other Evils, G.K. Chesterton *Thorn, Intisar Khanani Midnight Riot, Ben Aaronovitch *The Night Country, Melissa Albert *Regency Buck, Georgette Heyer *If These Wings Could Fly, Kyrie McCauley *Pirate King, Laurie R King The Unhoneymooners, Christina Lauren *Strong Poison, Dorothy Sayers *A College of Magics, Caroline Stevermer *Therese, Dorothy Day *Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour, Morgan Matson Killer Instinct, *All In, and Bad Blood, Jennifer Lynn Barnes *The Superstition of Divorce, G.K. Chesterton *Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen *The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer *The Lost Husband, Katherine Center *The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Dorothy Sayers The Naturals, Jennifer Lynn Barnes Sorcerer to the Crown, Zen Cho *The God of the Hive, Laurie R. King *The Flatshare, Beth O'Leary *Dare We Hope, Hans Urs von Balthasar *The Leaf and the Cloud, Mary Oliver *Unnatural Death, Dorothy Sayers *Dark Lord of Derkholm, Diana Wynne Jones *Devil's Cub, Georgette Heyer *The Everlasting Man, G.K. Chesterton *The Light Princess, George Macdonald The Rest of Us Just Live Here, Patrick Ness Save the Date, Jenny B. Jones Save the Date, Morgan Matson *Deadly Little Scandals, Jennifer Lynn Barnes *An Enchantment of Ravens, Margaret Rogerson Stately Pursuits, Katie Fforde *The Language of Bees, Laurie R. King *Clouds of Witness, Dorothy Sayers *Little White Lies, Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, Garth Nix *Given, Wendell Berry These Old Shades, Georgette Heyer *The Hazel Wood, Melissa Albert *Since You've Been Gone, Morgan Matson Simon the Coldhearted, Georgette Heyer Camp So-and-So, Mary McCoy The Girl in Blue, P.G. Wodehouse *The Inheritance Games, Jennifer Lynn Barnes House of Salt and Sorrows, Erin A. Craig

I might do a favorites write-up like I did last year, stay tuned!

#that's not counting any rereads because i don't put those on the mystery of the fairytale #and that's where i got my count #cate reads #reviews for king of elfhame sunshine and strange & norrell upcoming!! #edit: the count was off by three somehow? those books have been added #for a total of 127

[fantasy-fields-bitty-center]

Horrorfell Papyrus Satyr

Papyrus =

Name: Almandite

Species:  Kerry Hill sheep and Chamois Coloured goat

Size:  2.8 -3.10 feet tall (fullsize) 8-10 inches tall (mini) 11 - 18 feet tall(bara)

Personality: territorial, stubborn, loyal, 

Likes: climbing, playing outside, family time, digging,

Dislikes: being alone, being bored, aggressive bitties/people,

Compatibility:  they don’t need as much space as other styrs or as much outside time, but they do enjoy it, 

They are a good fit for people with a small house/apartment as long as they can go on a walk ever 2-4 days, 

they don’t need as many places to climb and are perfectly happy with stepping stones to hop on

They love to spend time with their herd,

They like to be able to patrol the edge of your 'territory' but will only patrol your house if you would prefer, 

They like to dig and having a place to do so is a good idea,

Feeding habits: Styrs mainly are herbivores, horror Styrs can eat meat, Almandites like crunchy things,

Additional info: Almandites like having more then one type of puzzle toy to choose from,

Zone: N/A, Plains,

In Universe: Almandites are seen as a good protecter type by some, and by others they are seen as dangerus and aggressive,

Difficulty: basic

Features:

Main colors: red, orange, black, brown,

Secondary colors: red, orange, black, brown,

Extra: horn mount 2 or 4, med to long wool, short fur,

Additional info: lighter body, darker underside, arms/legs, and face, and solid main body, darker ears and darker markings around they eyes/mouth, are the most common color variations

#satyr bittybones #satyr bitty #bara bitty #bittybones #adoptable #bitty info #satyr info #Almandite satyr bitty #Basic

[rolandtowen]

I’m a few days late, but sometimes that makes me smile is the Kerry Hill sheep. It’s coloration makes it look like it’s wearing a super hero mask and it has funny ears that stick straight up. I hope it makes you smile too :)

hi sheep anon!!!!

this is an EXCELLENT happy thing. Are you kidding me!! Look at this lil face!!! *squeeeeee*

[ID: a photo of a young sheep, with mostly white wool except for black ears, a black mouth, and black patches over its eyes. The sheep has its mouth open wide, showing its pink tongue, and almost looks like it could be smiling. The background shows green grass and yellow flowers surrounding the sheep. End ID.]

#i just wanna give him little pats #and also join his super hero club #asks #anon #sheep anon #ask box #has id #myhappytag #sheep anon pls know that I love you with all my heart