The rare badger face Torwen, a Welsh mountain sheep breed whose numbers have declined nearly 30 per cent since 2013, has been added to the Rare Breeds Survival Trust’s watchlist. The watchlist indexes the UK’s rarest native livestock and equine breeds, and the Torwen’s addition means the breed will now benefit from focused RBST support to help the its revival. Torwen sheep have a black face with white facial markings, and a black fleece with a white belly (Torwen means ‘white belly’). Their legs are tan with a black stripe, the underside of their tail is white and the rams have dark spiralled horns. Their markings are the reverse of the badger face Torddu breed. The badger face sheep’s historic name, defaid Idloes, suggests links to a 7th century figure, Saint Idloes of mid Wales.