A rare breed of sheep could be the key to preserving some of Leicestershire's most treasured countryside.
A group of Leicestershire experts are meeting next month to thrash out a plan which could see flocks of Hebridean sheep being used to turn county scrubland back into rolling green fields and wildflower meadows...
...Hebridean sheep were bred to cope with the barren conditions on the Hebridean Isles and thrive on land not suitable for other breeds.
Their ability to eat coarse grasses and young tree seedlings make them ideal for "conservation grazing" – a system where animals are grazed on land specifically to return it to its former glory.
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