#defaidodonday

nonesuch marsh @nonesuchmarsh@toot.wales

I think we'll call that a win. We saw over 200 sheep, some goats, two llamas /pretending/ to be sheep, chickens, one donkey, and technically there were also crows.

A few hours to go but all in all a fantastic showing!

#DefaidodonDay 2024

The top ten trending tags for November 7. Four of them are sheep related, with DefaidodonDay coming in at number four.

**nonesuch marsh** @nonesuchmarsh@toot.wales · Nov 8, 2024 *

Nov 8, 2024 *

Island Institute, Maine. Peter Ralston photo credit
#SheepOfMastodon #Defaidodon #DefaidodonDay #DyddDefaidodon

Newly shorn sheep make their way to a Maine Island for grazing. Ralston’s photo of sheep being transported in a dory is his most famous image.

**Trendy Toots** @trendytoots@mastodon.social · Nov 7, 2024

Trendy Toots @trendytoots@mastodon.social

Today's top ten tag trends:

10: #TheHope
9: #ThrowbackThursday
8: #sheepofmastodon
7: #wdpd2024
6: #dydddefaidodon
5: #Defaidodon
4: #defaidodonday
3: #musiquinta
2: #Wissing
1: #carmodelsnamedbykids

#trendytoots

**Terri K O** @terri@social.afront.org · Nov 7, 2024

#Defaidodon #DyddDefaidodon

Terri K O @terri@social.afront.org

For #DefaidodonDay I give you Dolly the Sheep in the National Museum of Scotland in 2018.

**RHD** @RHD@toot.wales · Nov 7, 2024

RHD @RHD@toot.wales

Nos da
#DefaidodonDay

Sheep in a pasture in the Lake District. It’s a late evening in the summer The sun is just setting behind the fells in silhouette, and turning a spray of white cloud a pinky golden colour, contrasting against a fading blue sky

**Sand Hill Thicket** @SandHillThicket@med-mastodon.com · Nov 7, 2024 *

Sand Hill Thicket @SandHillThicket@med-mastodon.com

Warbler, Delphis, and Raven.

#defaidodonday #SheepOfMastodon #BlackSheep

**Jeri Dansky** @jeridansky@sfba.social · Nov 7, 2024 *

Jeri Dansky @jeridansky@sfba.social

Another photo that works for both #ThrowbackThursday and #DefaidodonDay. A statue of a ram, not live sheep, but it should still count. This is the Big Merino in NSW, Australia. Photo from sometime before 1985.

A 50-feet-tall concrete statue of a ram, viewed from the side. There's a gift shop (sign advertising souvenirs home and wool crafts) built into the very rear. There are cars parked next to the statue, which helps you realize just how huge it is.

#Australia

**Gavin** @gavin57@toot.wales · Nov 7, 2024

Gavin @gavin57@toot.wales

I’ve enjoyed today’s #DefaidodonDay but didn’t think I could join in. Then I searched my library and behold! A sheep up the Bwlch (above the Rhondda)

Continued thread

**jaz** @jaz@toot.wales · Nov 7, 2024

#Defaidodon #DyddDefaidodon #DefaidodonDay #Sheep #SheepOfMastodon #MähMittwoch

Countries I saw participate today: https://toot.wales/@jaz/113441326553808711

Some stand-out favourites: https://toot.wales/@jaz/113438950577113962

FediWall (works all year!): https://fediwall.social/?load=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jazmichaelking/59ed9d8a47b9f920d5687c5f14c00042/raw/5318a4046f480617dd907a99a3310f486d6c18f8/wall-config.json

Defaidodon Day 2022: https://toot.wales/@jaz/109302672285322803

Defaidodon Day 2023: https://toot.wales/@sheepnik/111368128680663567

Tŵt Cymru | Toot Walesjaz :twt: :wales_flag: (@jaz@toot.wales)Cataloguing the countries I can see joining in for #DefaidodonDay - tell me if I missed one! #Australia #England #Finland #Suomi #France #Germany #Deutschland #Netherlands #Nederland #NewZealand #Aotearoa #Scotland #Alba #Spain #España #Switzerland #UnitedStates #Wales #Cymru

**jaz** @jaz@toot.wales · Nov 7, 2024

Last from me today, this is Dolly, my son Ieuan bought it as a present some years ago and she stands guard out on the front porch.

Happy #DefaidodonDay to all, I hope the fluffies brought some joy today.

Thank you to everyone who participated (and still can if you haven't already!)

A small sheep statue stands on a rain-damp flagstone porch in front of blue-gray wooden deck railings under a Welsh flag. Autumn leaves litter the ground, and a thick tree trunk is visible in the background.

**conscientious objector** @tobi82@swiss.social · Nov 7, 2024 *

conscientious objector @tobi82@swiss.social

Macht man hier heute wohl so. Also auch von mir ein Schaf Zwei sogar, direkt aus der Nachbarschaft

Zwei Schafe entspannen sich in der warmen Sonne, eines schaut in die Kamera, das andere ignoriert mich.

#SheepOfMastodon #DefaidodonDay

**jaz** @jaz@toot.wales · Nov 7, 2024

#DefaidodonDay #Defaidodon

Never forget, Covid lockdown means goats are now in charge.

Goats maraud a residential street in a Welsh village during Covid lockdown

five goats saunter single file through the village high street during Covid lockdown

**jaz** @jaz@toot.wales · Nov 7, 2024 *

Word to the wise, #sheep rule the road.

Even if it's a...

LAMBorghini

Happy #DefaidodonDay everyone!

A white sports car is immobile on a narrow country road surrounded by a flock of sheep who are on their way from point a to point b and couldn't give a hoot about your fancy car

**Jon_S** @JonS@toot.wales · Nov 7, 2024 *

Jon_S @JonS@toot.wales

Hen llun, ond... #DefaidodonDay #Defaidodon #DyddDefaidodon

Mae defaid yn sefyll mewn cae, yn edrych braidd yn trist!

**jaz** @jaz@toot.wales · Nov 7, 2024

#DefaidodonDay #Sheep #Defaidodon

Let's see if this side by side works. There are of course roughly hundreds of sheep in this picture...

This is a view of Taf Fawr from the bacon butty van on the A470.

the left hand view of the hill named Taf Fawr, it slopes up from the left with grassy fields before and a summer blue sky with white clouds above.

the right hand view of the hill named Taf Fawr, it slopes down to the right, a hint of the walking trail is visible on the southern edge of the crest, with grassy fields before and a summer blue sky with white clouds above.

**jaz** @jaz@toot.wales · Nov 7, 2024

Here's a photo I took in 2013 #DefaidodonDay #Defaidodon - I think this was near Defynnog

A view through the trees into a verdant green field filled with sheep, a treed hill in the far distance, under a blue and white summer cloud sky

**Sheepnik** @sheepnik@toot.wales · Nov 7, 2024

#Defaidodon
#DefaidodonDay
#DyddDefaidodon

Sheepnik @sheepnik@toot.wales

Just in case you haven't had enough sheep photos.

A dark cream sheep seen standing sideways on to the camera, in a grassy field. It appears to be calling or making some kind of noise.

A rather rotund dark cream sheep, looking somewhat askance at the camera.

Two brown Ryeland sheep, standing in a field. They look like a cross between a teddy bear and a tank, as they are very fuzzy, but also very solid. Their fleece comes down over their head and eyes.

A closer view of a brown Ryeland sheep in a pen.

**A2 Engineering Services** @a2es@mstdn.social · Nov 7, 2024

A2 Engineering Services @a2es@mstdn.social

For #defaidodonday I have dug out a picture of our very first sheep, Baby and Sissy (Baby's sister). They both went on to produce many lambs, Sissy often had triplets.
#dydddefaidodon #defaidodon #sheepofmastodon

Two sheep, Suffolk Oxford cross, with black faces and legs and white fleece. Sissy on the left, Baby on the right.

**DigitalDruid** @DigitalDruid@cupoftea.social · Nov 7, 2024