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Borough farm is the home of Channel Five’s ‘Mist sheepdog tales’
David Kennard and his family farm at Borough Farm on the beautiful, rugged North Devon coast. The farm is home to a flock of 550 breeding ewes, plus their lambs, and 40 beef cattle which graze across over 400 acres. Working with David is his team of 7 sheepdogs, ranging from retirees Jake and Mist, now 11 years old, down to Sweep born in 2012 and Wyn born in 2014. David is the creator of Channel Five’s children’s series ‘Mist-Sheepdog Tales’.Mist along with the rest of the Borough Farm sheepdogs, can be seen in action during weekly displays held at Borough Farm throughout the summer, on Tuesday Mornings for our new Farmyard shows, and Wednesday evenings, at our Sheepdog and Falconry Displays.
Find out more about our sheepdog & Falconry Displays or read some comments that our visitors have been kind enough to leave in our guestbook or
Click here to see video of last seasons display or our new video of
Fly in action at one of last summers Experience Shepherding Walks
Our next event is our
Lambing Open Days
April 3rd, 4th,5th 2015
Click here to see the mugs, posters, DVD’s and books, in the Borough Farm shop.
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- Sweep’s first prize!
added by David, 17/02/15 at 3:38 pmThe ‘L’ plates are on the Land rover, but maybe Sweep doesn’t need them anymore! As with all of my sheepdog’s Sweep’s training has been full of ups and downs. He’s always been keen on his work although not with the complete obsession of Zola, which is quite nice in a way as it makes […]
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- team photo
added by David, 30/10/14 at 9:00 pmHaving finished the last show of the season last Sunday it seems like a good time for a team photo, and an update on how the dogs are doing. Jake is in the back right the photo, at 11 he’s now a bit elderly and retired from all work last summer. Jake seems to have […]
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- Pup choosing time again
added by David, 22/04/14 at 2:25 pmZola’s pups are now 3 months old, and I’m pleased to say they are all very fit and healthy. The first pup ( we called him Smithy) went to his new home a couple of weeks ago. He is what we call the ‘Stud pup,’ The payment for the use of the stud dog, and […]
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- Sheepdog trials to the trials of sheep
added by David, 25/02/15 at 2:01 pmThere are only four sheep out on the coastal ground at the moment, I missed them when I gathered the flock last month, and had intended to retrieve them when I had a moment, I’d made the mistake of thinking that with only 4 on 200 acres they’s come to no harm….what a silly thing […]
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- Owl story
added by David, 16/01/15 at 8:11 pmLast spring we were lucky to have Kestrels nesting in our Barn Owl box at the end of the lambing barn. It was great to see them and we were delighted that they reared 4 chicks, but we’d really hoped that the box would attract a Barn Owl. We occasionally see Barn Owls locally but […]
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- The hole in the wall gang
added by David, 06/10/14 at 10:01 pmThe arrival of some more calves has mean that I need to keep on top of the fences at Borough Farm. It’s not that cattle are any more prone to breaking out than sheep, it’s more that when they do break out, they can cause serious damage and are far more problem to return them […]
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