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Blackface sheep winning giant hogweed battle

 

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A pilot project which saw sheep being tested as a new weapon in the battle against giant hogweed is being rolled out, BBC Scotland can reveal.

 

The plant spreads at aggressive rates and its sap can cause painful burns on the skin and even lead to blindness.

 

The project in an area beside the Deveron River in Aberdeenshire saw blackface sheep used as an alternative to chemical spraying.

 

The flock successfully grazed its way through a jungle of hogweed.

 

The skin pigmentation of the blackface sheep gives them protection from the toxic plant.

 

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) funded what was described as "promising" research.

 

The sheep will now be deployed in other areas in Aberdeenshire with giant hogweed problems.

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"The Return Of The Giant Hogweed"

 

Turn and run!

Nothing can stop them,

Around every river and canal their power is growing.

Stamp them out!

We must destroy them,

They infiltrate each city with their thick dark warning odour.

 

They are invincible,

They seem immune to all our herbicidal battering.

 

Long ago in the Russian hills,

A Victorian explorer found the regal Hogweed by a marsh,

He captured it and brought it home.

Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge.

Royal beast did not forget.

He came home to London,

And made a present of the Hogweed to the Royal Gardens at Kew.

 

Waste no time!

They are approaching.

Hurry now, we must protect ourselves and find some shelter

Strike by night!

They are defenceless.

They all need the sun to photosensitize their venom.

 

Still they're invincible,

Still they're immune to all our herbicidal battering.

 

Fashionable country gentlemen had some cultivated wild gardens,

In which they innocently planted the Giant Hogweed throughout the land.

Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge.

Royal beast did not forget.

Soon they escaped, spreading their seed,

Preparing for an onslaught, threatening the human race.

 

The Dance Of The Giant Hogweed

 

Mighty Hogweed is avenged.

Human bodies soon will know our anger.

Kill them with your Hogweed hairs

HERACLEUM MANTEGAZZIANI

 

Giant Hogweed lives

 

- ADVANCE -
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Battle of Bannockburn: What was it all about?

 

 

The Battle of Bannockburn, fought on 24 June 1314, was one of the most famous events in the wars of independence.

 

It saw the Scottish king, Robert the Bruce, win a key victory over the English forces of King Edward II, despite being outnumbered two-to-one and facing what was regarded as the finest army in the medieval world.

 

On the 700th anniversary of the battle, here's some things you might not know about the historic event.

 

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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-27900285

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