Welcome to the Home Page.
The Lincoln Longwool is one of the finest breeds of sheep ever seen in Britain. For centuries its wool brought untold riches to the east of England and financed most of the political ambitions of medieval English monarchs.
Now sadly fallen on hard times as man-made fibres and Australian Merinos flood the garment and carpet market. Nevertheless and small and dedicated band of enthusiasts keep the breed going. This is one such flock.
Actually now it is two such flocks, we have separated the registration of our black and white Lincolns into different flocks to avoid confusion. So welcome the Shadow flock of pedigree black lincolns.
The Tardebigge Flock of Lincoln Longwool Sheep was established 20 years ago and we have spent most of that time trying to achieve the impossible- big sheep with great wool! The website will tell you more about our flocks and the breed in general. 
We have had some excellent show results recently, this is the Royal Show breed champion in 2006. We also won in 2007. The demise of the Royal Show is a real shame, but there are now a lot of shows around and we have plenty of opportunity to exhibit our stock. The Three Counties show has benefitted from the demise of the Royal with enormous entries, and the Rare Breed Show on the Sunday is now a flagship event for the RBST. We are particularly pleased because we can show our Black Lincolns on the Sunday.
This year (2011) we missed out Wonderwool Wales, we had sold so much over the Winter that we had little left to justify taking a stand. We have had a big increase in business through the Internet and, with delivery charges typically around £8, many people are now ordering fleeces through e-mail.
We are going to the 3 Counties, Heckington and Monmouth and will take our black sheep out a couple of times this year.
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Our relaxed two-shear is typical of our flock.
These relaxed looking ewes are at the start of an exciting journey. They are going to Holland to start a new flock over there. This is part of an ongoing collaboration which has seen a lot of Lincoln wool exported.
This is Shadow Juggernaut. He has recently been at work providing semen for export to the American Lincoln Society. This is a great honour as the Americans have many high quality Black Lincolns already, hopefully Juggernaut will enhance their stock.
Exciting times at the three counties Show, see the Show page