A shepherd’s life is not all hard work, however. There are also some magical moments, as Tim describes:

I had just finished checking the sheep at Lielowan when I was lucky enough to see a Red Kite fly over. There had been reports of one in the general area. Then as I made my way home I noticed a couple of Peregrines hunting a piece of steep ground. I stopped to watch. One flew out of sight but the other stayed close by. A minute or so later the second one came back into view being mobbed by a Raven. A second raven appeared and then all four put on an amazing display of aerial combat within one to two hundred yards of me.

A couple of minutes either way and I would have missed it all!