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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Tuesday 18th August

Both troughs ok . All gates and signage okay. 

All 44 sheep found quite quickly, along the lower Western side and in the Western end of the  yew enclosure .

I found Tornear. It's his left which is split so that his tag tucks into it. The blood is congealed but not fully scabbed over. I can't see sign of infection. Photo attached. Also his right ear, similarly damaged. When I arrived he was grazing with the others, but flicking his ears a lot making a rattling sound tag against horn. A few minutes later and he looks unwell (to my untutored eye), lying down on his own, head down, and he is attracting flies. 





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