Thirteen-year-old sheep enthusiast Owen Thomas has been helping Southdown breeder Patrick Goldsworthy with his two flocks of Southdowns. Here Owen explains why he likes sheep, amongst other things!

Champion Southdown is an aged ram from Harry Wood, reserve champion is a shearling ewe from Lizzy Sargent

Sheep shopping in France!

The Cresswell Crook, which is awarded for the most improved Recorded Flock*, has been won at last by Rob Beaumont’s Oxfordshire based Andersey flock.

Members may have seen on the Society website recently an advert publicising the sale/ dispersal of the Camber Castle (109) flock of Southdowns run by David Randall and Sarah Mitchell.

Researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey are looking for sheep and cattle poo samples for a research project on liver fluke

Breeders have tools at their disposal to help make decisions as to choice of rams and possible matings, using the tools offered by Grassroots.