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Exmoor ponies at dawn on Skipwith Common, York.

Along with Hebridean sheep and Longhorn cattle, Exmoor ponies graze and browse the scrub. This encourages regrowth and ensures that the incredible diversity will survive well into the next millennium.

 

Exmoors have carved a niche for themselves as conservation grazers. Their excellent dental conformation makes them very neat grazers with a clean bite. They readily graze on tough herbage that other animals will not touch allowing more delicate plants space to grow.

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Uploaded on August 12, 2021
Taken on August 12, 2021