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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 retiree Fern, now 15 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 this seasons display or our new video of
Fly in action at one of this summers Experience Shepherding Walks
Our next event is our
Lambing Open Days
Easter 2015
Click here to see the mugs, posters, DVD’s and books, in the Borough Farm shop.
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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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- zola’s arrivals
added by David, 26/01/14 at 5:27 pmWe never like to tempt fate by mentioning our new arrivals too soon, but I think we can now say that Zola has 4 healthy pups, two dogs and two bitches. They arrived last Monday night without any problems and Zola has taken to motherhood unbelievably well. She’s obviously feeding them well as they have […]
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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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- kestrels in the owl box
added by David, 01/07/14 at 5:30 pmBack at the beginning of March, when the first lambs were born, we began to notice a Kestrel in and around the farm. As the weeks went on he became more and more apparent, most nights he would be roosting in the Lambing barn and when I turned the lights on at night he would […]
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