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Life for a Yorkshire shepherdess

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Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen and her daughter, Raven, 13, head onto the moors to feed the horses at Amanda's farm, Ravenseat, near Kirkby Stephen, England, April 15, 2014.

Amanda Owen runs a 2,000 acre working hill farm in Swaledale which is one of the remotest areas on the North Yorkshire Moors. 

Working to the rhythm of the seasons the farm has over 900 Swaledale sheep that are now entering the lambing season as well as cattle and horses.


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Owen feeds and checks newborn lambs with her daughter Annas, 9 months, on her back, April 15, 2014.

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Clive Owen and his daughter Edith, 5, wait to have a sheep and her lamb checked at Ravenseat, the farm of the Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen, April 15, 2014.

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Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen heads onto the moors to feed the horses at her farm, April 15, 2014.

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Owen heads high onto the moors to feed the horses at her farm, April 15, 2014.

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Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen feeds her Swaledale sheep high on the Yorkshire moors, April 15, 2014.

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Reuben Owen (L), 10, and his brother Miles, 7 examine but don't touch a birds nest found on the moors at Ravenseat, April 15, 2014.

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Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen feeds some of her sheep, April 15, 2014.

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Violet Owen, 3, rides with her dog in a trailer at Ravenseat, April 15, 2014.

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Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen heads high onto the moors to feed the horses at her farm, April 15, 2014.

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A bull waits to be fed at Ravenseat, April 15, 2014.

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Miles Owen, 7, is covered in straw as he enjoys a joke with his family as they prepare fresh bedding for the sheep in a barn at Ravenseat, April 15, 2014.

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Violet Owen (L), 3, her sister Edith, 5, and her brother Miles, 7, enjoy soup and fruit for lunch at Ravenseat, April 15, 2014.

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Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen checks on a couple of new lambs to see if they have bonded with their mother, April 15, 2014.

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Sheep that have recently had their lambs wait in stalls to have them checked at Ravenseat, April 15, 2014.

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Swaledale sheep eat their feed at Ravenseat, April 15, 2014.

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Hill farmer Clive Owen is helped by some of his children to lay down fresh bedding for the sheep at Ravenseat, April 15, 2014.

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Miles Owen, 7, reunites a lamb and its mother after a health check at Ravenseat, April 15, 2014.

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Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen looks out over the moors of Swaledale, April 15, 2014.

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Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen feeds her cattle, April 15, 2014.
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