The Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has issued its annual watchlist, a document showing the rarity of the UK’s native breeds of mammal.
This data is used, along with a multiplier, to estimate the number of registered breeding females in the UK for each breed.
RBST WATCHLIST 2020/21
In the 2020-21 watchlist, the current status of the rare breeds of cattle are as follows:
Critical (fewer than 150)
- Albion;
- The Chillingham Wild Cattle;
- Dairy Shorthorn (original population);
- Northern Dairy Shorthorn;
- Vaynol.
Endangered (150 to 250)
- Native Aberdeen Angus.
Vulnerable (250 to 450)
- Lincoln Red (original population);
- Whitebred shorthorn.
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At-risk (450 to 750)
- Gloucester
- Irish Moiled
Minority
- British White;
- Shetland;
- Traditional Hereford;
- White Park.
Sheep
The sheep that feature on the latest watchlist are:
Vulnerable (500 to 900)
- Boreray;
- Leicester Longwool;
- Lincoln Longwool;
- North Ronaldsay;
- Whitefaced Woodland;
- Welsh Mountain Pedigree.
At-risk (900 to 1500
- Balwen;
- Castlemilk Moorit;
- Cotswold;
- Derbyshire Gritstone;
- Devon and Cornwall Longwool;
- Hill Radnor;
- Manx Loaghton;
- Norfolk Horn;
- Portland;
- Soay;
- Teeswater;
- Wensleydale.
Minority (1500 to 3000)
- Border Leicester;
- Devon Closewool;
- Dorset Down;
- Dorset Horn;
- Greyface Dartmoor;
- Llanwenog;
- Lonk;
- Oxford Down;
- Whiteface Dartmoor.
Image source: Rare Breeds Survival Trust Facebook
