[header] How to identify red poll cattle [title] Do a search on the internet or in your cattle breeds book on " red poll " cattle. [title] Study the characteristics of the breed. Note the following : [substeps] Colouration: red polls have a deep red colouration all throughout except on their tail switches, which is always white. 
Their noses are quite pink too, in contrast to the colouration of the rest of their bodies. Body type and characteristics: red polls are a british-type beef breed, with the same kind of muscularity that is found in angus, shorthorn and hereford cattle.