A picture taken on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmoor" class="extiw" title="w:Dartmoor">Dartmoor</a> near Sourton, about 4 miles (6 km) south-west of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okehampton" class="extiw" title="w:Okehampton">Okehampton</a> showing a group of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_sheep" class="extiw" title="w:Domestic sheep">sheep</a> huddling together for warmth. It shows the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2009_Great_Britain_and_Ireland_snowfall" class="extiw" title="w:February 2009 Great Britain and Ireland snowfall">heavy snowfall</a> that covered much of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon" class="extiw" title="w:Devon">Devon</a> on 6 February 2009. Sourton <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor" class="extiw" title="w:Tor">Tor</a> is shown in the background to the right and Shelstone Tor to the left. Sheep farmers on Dartmoor can let their sheep roam around freely without enclosed fields. The farmers therefore mark their sheep with paint such as the blue and red paint seen on the sheeps' necks, so they know which sheep belong to which farmer.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jolly_Janner" title="User:Jolly Janner">Jolly Janner</a>
2009-02-07
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>