Sheep foraging in the snow

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The photograph on this page of Sheep foraging in the snow by John Haynes as part of the Geograph project.

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Sheep foraging in the snow

Image: © John Haynes Taken: 7 Jan 2010

Tough sheep seeing what they can find under the snow. The problem with this is they can cool their core temperature by eating too much frozen material, feeding hay or silage will help offset this.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.971537
Longitude
-3.117219