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For those who missed the beginning.
This is Doris.
Doris is a Texel ewe on a fell in the Lake District. She is four years old. She has been described as part of the problem with upland agriculture.
Things Doris has done this month:
Maintained 45 plant communities on a fell grazed continuously since the thirteenth century: tormentil, harebells, heath bedstraw, fine-leaved fescue, the low-growing species that require a grazed sward to survive.
Kept the base of the 1771 dry-stone wall short enough that freeze-thaw cycles don't work into the joints. The wall is standing. The wall will outlast everything currently being written about livestock farming because Doris is eating the grass at its base.
Grazed the section above the skylark nest at exactly the right height to maintain the cover ratio. The farmer has watched her do this for three years. He's never told the RSPB. He doesn't think they'd believe him. Three confirmed breeding pairs this season in the east corner. First time in six years.
Walked into the bog. Extracted herself. Concluded the bog started it. No further mention of the bog.
Been in Brian's field 51 times. Brian cannot work out how. The wall is always repaired. The mortar is always dry. Brian has started to accept that Doris is using the wall.
Got cast in the dip for the fourth time. On her back 11 minutes on Thursday. Farmer righted her. She walked away with the purposefulness of an animal that had somewhere important to be. The somewhere important to be was two metres away. Thursday has not been mentioned since.
Predicted rain four times this week. Farmer checked his waterproof against her movements. Correct four out of four.
Things Doris has complained about this month:
None on record.
Things Doris has read about herself:
None. Doris is grazing.
Brian's spreadsheet has 15 columns.
The fell is improving.
This is Doris's fault.

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