Downland Shepherds

admin
, 24 November 2022
Downland Shepherds
Southdown Sheep © Derek Middleton

By David Beer

Eastbourne Local Members Group

For our final talk of the year we welcomed Dr. Sarah Mackenzie who described the history of sheep farming on the South Downs. The talk was illustrated with many photographs of very serious looking shepherds, many of whom were carrying ornate crooks. The South Downs breed of sheep has been with us for a long time and Sarah explained how selective breeding by some of the farmers had changed the morphology of this breed as the market moved away from wool to meat. 

We learnt about the trapping of Wheatears which provided a secondary income for the shepherds. These birds were sent to London to be consumed as a delicacy by the wealthy. Hundreds were trapped each year and this was one of the factors leading to the decline of the Wheatear as a breeding bird on the South Downs.

Leave a comment
Time Δ Debug Message - Perch Runway 3.2
1782927437.27060 [906] SELECT p.pagePath, pr.routePattern, pr.routeRegExp, p.pageTemplate, pr.routeOrder, s.settingValue AS siteOffline FROM swt_pages_staging p LEFT JOIN swt_page_routes pr ON p.pageID=pr.pageID LEFT JOIN swt_settings s ON s.settingID='siteOffline' UNION SELECT NULL AS pagePath, pr2.routePattern, pr2.routeRegExp, pr2.templatePath AS pageTemplate, pr2.routeOrder, NULL AS siteOffline FROM swt_page_routes pr2 WHERE templateID!=0 ORDER BY routeOrder ASC, pagePath ASC
1782927437.29740.0268Matched route: news/[slug:s]
1782927437.29750.0001Server address: 216.73.217.103
1782927437.29760Using master page: /templates/pages/blog/post.php
1782927437.29760Page arguments: 
Array
(
    [0] => /news/downland-shepherds
    [s] => downland-shepherds
    [1] => downland-shepherds
)
1782927437.2980.0004 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782927437.29920.0012 [86] SELECT DISTINCT settingID, settingValue FROM swt_settings WHERE userID=0
1782927437.30120.002 [1] SELECT locationID FROM swt_shop_tax_locations WHERE locationIsHome=1 LIMIT 1
1782927437.30190.0007INSERT INTO swt_shop_cart(memberID,locationID,currencyID,cartPricing,cartProperties) VALUES(NULL,'1',47,'standard','[]')
1782927437.3040.002 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_cart WHERE cartID=22490937
1782927437.30450.0005 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_cart WHERE cartID=22490937
1782927437.30520.0006 [nil] SELECT * FROM swt_shop_sales WHERE saleFrom<='2026-07-01 17:37:00' AND saleTo>'2026-07-01 17:37:00' AND saleActive=1 AND saleDeleted IS NULL ORDER BY saleOrder ASC
1782927437.30660.0014 [1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_blog_index idx JOIN swt_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN swt_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='downland-shepherds')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-07-01 17:37:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 10
1782927437.30860.002 [1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
1782927437.30920.0006 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_posts WHERE postID=2951 AND postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-07-01 17:37:00'
1782927437.31010.0009 [13] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_sections ORDER BY sectionTitle ASC
1782927437.3110.0008 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blogs ORDER BY blogTitle ASC
1782927437.31160.0006 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_categories WHERE catID=204 LIMIT 1
1782927437.31240.0008Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1782927437.31260.0002 [162] SELECT catID, catPath FROM swt_categories
1782927437.31350.0009 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_posts WHERE postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-07-01 17:37:00' AND postSlug='downland-shepherds'
1782927437.33450.021Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1782927437.33520.0006 [250] SELECT country, countryID FROM swt_shop_countries WHERE countryActive=1 ORDER BY country ASC
1782927437.33710.0019Using template: /templates/pages/attributes/seo.html
1782927437.33740.0003 [1] SELECT regionID, regionTemplate, regionPage, regionRev AS rev FROM swt_content_regions WHERE regionKey='Banner image' AND (regionPage='/news/post' OR regionPage='*')
1782927437.33830.001 [nil] SELECT * FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, c.regionID, idx.pageID, c.itemJSON, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_content_index idx JOIN swt_content_items c ON idx.itemID=c.itemID AND idx.itemRev=c.itemRev AND idx.regionID=c.regionID JOIN swt_content_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev AND idx2.indexKey='_order' WHERE ((idx.regionID=104 AND idx.itemRev=0)) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemRev=idx2.itemRev ) as tbl GROUP BY itemID, pageID, itemJSON, sortval, regionID ORDER BY sortval ASC
1782927437.33980.0015 [82] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageDepth >=0 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1782927437.34270.0029 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782927437.34330.0006 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1782927437.34540.0021Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template.html
1782927437.34550.0001 [6] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1782927437.34650.001 [4] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1782927437.34710.0006 [29] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1782927437.35010.003 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1782927437.35120.0011 [7] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1782927437.35220.001 [9] Using template: /templates/navigation/ps_nav_template_children.html
1782927437.35510.0029 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' OR pageSortPath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782927437.35610.001 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageHidden=0 AND pageNew=0 AND pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition
1782927437.35840.0023 [1] Using template: /templates/navigation/breadcrumbs.html
1782927437.35890.0006Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1782927437.35920.0003 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_authors WHERE authorID='1' LIMIT 1
1782927437.36010.0008Using template: /templates/blog/author.html
1782927437.36040.0004 [1] SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS DISTINCT tbl.* FROM ( SELECT idx.itemID, main.*, idx2.indexValue as sortval FROM swt_blog_index idx JOIN swt_blog_posts main ON idx.itemID=main.postID AND idx.itemKey='postID' JOIN swt_blog_index idx2 ON idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey='postID' AND idx2.indexKey='_id' WHERE 1=1 AND ((idx.indexKey='postSlug' AND idx.indexValue='downland-shepherds')) AND idx.itemID=idx2.itemID AND idx.itemKey=idx2.itemKey GROUP BY idx.itemID, idx2.indexValue, postID ) as tbl WHERE (postStatus='Published' AND postDateTime<='2026-07-01 17:37:00' ) GROUP BY itemID, sortval ORDER BY sortval ASC LIMIT 0, 1
1782927437.36240.002 [1] SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS `count`
1782927437.3630.0006 [1] Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1782927437.36640.0034Using template: /templates/blog/comment_form.html
1782927437.36750.0011 [nil] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_comments WHERE 1=1 AND postID=2951 AND commentStatus='LIVE' ORDER BY FIELD(webmentionType, 'like', 'repost', 'comment', NULL) ASC, commentDateTime ASC
1782927437.41990.0525 [0] Using template: /templates/blog/comment.html
1782927437.42020.0002Using template: /templates/blog/post.html
1782927437.42040.0002 [1] SELECT * FROM swt_blog_authors WHERE authorID='1' LIMIT 1
1782927437.42130.0009 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/what-we-do' OR pageSortPath='/what-we-do' LIMIT 1
1782927437.42210.0008 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-002' LIMIT 1
1782927437.42290.0008 [7] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-002%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1782927437.42580.0029 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782927437.42640.0006 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1782927437.42840.002 [6] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1782927437.42940.001 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/make-a-difference' OR pageSortPath='/make-a-difference' LIMIT 1
1782927437.43010.0007 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-005' LIMIT 1
1782927437.43060.0005 [38] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-005%' ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1782927437.43370.0031 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782927437.43440.0007 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1782927437.43660.0022 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1782927437.44050.0039 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/visit' OR pageSortPath='/visit' LIMIT 1
1782927437.44140.0009 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-004' LIMIT 1
1782927437.44210.0007 [30] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-004%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1782927437.44450.0024 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782927437.44510.0006 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1782927437.44710.002 [29] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1782927437.44960.0025 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/make-a-difference' OR pageSortPath='/make-a-difference' LIMIT 1
1782927437.45050.001 [1] SELECT pageID, pageParentID, pageDepth, pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition='000-005' LIMIT 1
1782927437.45110.0006 [11] SELECT * FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageNew=0 AND pageHidden=0 AND pageTreePosition LIKE '000-005%' AND pageDepth >=1 AND pageDepth<=2 ORDER BY pageTreePosition ASC
1782927437.45320.0021 [1] SELECT pageTreePosition FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pagePath='/news/post' LIMIT 1
1782927437.45370.0006 [2] SELECT pageID FROM swt_pages_staging WHERE pageTreePosition IN ('000-006-001', '000-006', '000') ORDER BY pageTreePosition DESC
1782927437.45570.0019 [10] Using template: /templates/navigation/footer-nav.html
1782927437.45740.0017Request time: 0.1902
1782927437.45740Process time: 0.19
1782927437.45740Memory: 1.6217