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Rare Breed Sheep and Poultry

in the hills of South Wales

Gaerllwyd

Flocks

In 1971 a small group of Boreray sheep were removed from their island so that their fleece-casting could be studied.  

These animals are the foundation stock from which current mainland Boreray are descended.    

Our flock are traceable progeny of that group.  

Boreray sheep are classified as Critically Endangered by the RBST.  This means that there are fewer than 300 registered breeding females in the mainland UK.   

A feral population of these sheep exist in the western isles of Scotland.  A conservation plan is in place to ensure that there is no interference with the animals living “wild” on the island of Boreray.   

We will shortly be adding more information about our own flock here.... Come back again soon!  

The Boreray breed is important in telling us what 19th century Scottish Blackface sheep looked like.  Isolated from the mainland, the 400 or so island dwelling sheep are “unimproved”.  This gives us a true insight in to a 19th century flock.    

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