Sheep (Ovis aries). Cross-bred animals, and wild Greylag Geese (Aner anser). Note differece of herbage either side of wire fence

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Sheep (Ovis aries). Cross-bred animals, and wild Greylag Geese (Aner anser). Note differece of herbage either side of the wire fence. Sheep grazed pasture is preferred by the geese; shorter and greener, more nutritious, than rank unmanaged grassland behind on the other side. Isle of Iona. Inner Hebrides, west coast Scotland.

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