Wensleydale sheep

The Wensleydale is a British breed of sheep. It is named for the Wensleydale region of North Yorkshire, in the north of England, where it was bred in the early nineteenth century by cross-breeding a Dishley Leicester ram with local long-woolled sheep of a breed that is now extinct. It is among the heaviest of British sheep breeds. It has a deep blue-grey face and ears, which are free of wool except for the forelock or "topping"; the fleece is purled and lustrous, and hangs to the ground. In the twenty-first century it is an endangered breed, categorised as "at risk" by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. It is often used as a ram breed to cross with other breeds to obtain market lambs, and for its high-quality wool.

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