Registering Hebridean Sheep

Registration of sheep is subject to the Registration Rules, the main points of which are summarised below:

1. Only animals that are the progeny of fully registered parents and living in the UK are eligible for registration by the breeder.
2. All lambs for registration should be identity tagged at birth and a record made of their parentage.
3. Details of the UK ID Tag must be provided on the Registration form or online flock book entry.
4. Those animals that are to be registered must conform to the Breed Description. A programme of Flock Appraisal will be used to verify this.

For the 2026 edition of the Flock Book and thereafter, all registrations must be made online, unless you have a genuine reason for not being able to do this. 

If you buy sheep privately from a member, it is their responsibilty to ensure the sheep are traanferred to your ownership with the Society.

For members, there is further guidance and help about registration, obtaining certificates and making transfers here. 

The closing date for the Flock Book will be 31 October each year.

Contact for Registration Secretary.

Members can view the flock book and register their sheep on-line by clicking here. If registering sheep online remember to send your payment to the Registration Secretary.

Why Register your Sheep?

Registration increases and protects the value of your animal, makes it more marketable, and opens the door to the Hebridean breed sales and shows.

A registered animal has papers (a three generation pedigree), which give specific information on the bloodlines of that animal to guide your breeding choices. A registered animal is also a part of The National Flock, the progeny of which is recorded anually; your animal's performance will be published in the Hebridean Sheep Society Flock Book.

As if that wasn't enough reason to register, in England there is also a Native Breed Supplement to Higher Level Environmental Stewardship, but access to this requires the animals to be registered in the breed society flockbook.

Remember

Hebridean sheep sold privately on other websites as 'pure-bred' or 'pedigree' but without the registration document are probably not registered and cannot be registered retrospectively.

You can't breed a registered sheep from unregistered parents. A Hebridean sheep without papers is just a little black sheep!

The Society

See what the Society does to promote Hebridean sheep