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Welcome to the St Kilda Soay Sheep Project. The project is run by researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh and Imperial College London with several other participating universities and research institutes.
Soay sheep - Wikipedia
The Soay sheep is a breed of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) descended from a population of feral sheep on the 100-hectare (250-acre) island of Soay in the St Kilda Archipelago, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) from the Western Isles of Scotland. It is one of the Northern European short-tailed sheep breeds.
Meet the Sheep | St Kilda Soay Sheep Project - University of …
Welcome to the St Kilda Soay Sheep Project. Visitors to St Kilda will immediately notice three striking features of the sheep. First, Soay sheep are tiny. In August mature females average around 24kg in weight while mature males are around 38kg making them about one third the size of most modern domestic sheep.
Sheep of St. Kilda - Soay and Boreray Sheep Home
Soay and Boreray Sheep are unique. They are both British breeds of primitive, short-tailed sheep that live feral on the islands of the spectacular St. Kilda archipelago west of Scotland, a Double World Heritage Site. . Both breeds have unbelievable, fascinating histories.
Boreray sheep - Wikipedia
The Boreray, also known as the Boreray Blackface or Hebridean Blackface, [3] is a breed of sheep originating on the St Kilda archipelago off the west coast of Scotland and surviving as a feral animal on one of the islands, Boreray. The breed was once reared for meat and wool, but is now used mainly for conservation grazing.
Starving sheep on St Kilda need help, say Western Isles vets - BBC
2023年5月10日 · Wild sheep on St Kilda have been left to starve to death, say island vets. They have raised a petition urging action from the Scottish government and the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) -...
The Project | St Kilda Soay Sheep Project - University of Edinburgh
Welcome to the St Kilda Soay Sheep Project. Use these pages to find out about our funders and supporters, the history of the project and how we collect data.
Soay Sheep - The Soay and Boreray Sheep Society
They are possibly the earliest example of primitive sheep in the United Kingdom and also the smallest. Mature ewes average 25kg and rams are about 35kg. The name of the breed, Soay, is taken from the Island of Soay (from the Scottish Gaelic, Soaigh), a now uninhabited island in the St Kilda archipelago, beyond the Outer Hebrides.
2 - The sheep of St Kilda - Cambridge University Press
2009年12月7日 · The first two sections of this chapter describe the islands of St Kilda (section 2.2) and their history (section 2.3). Subsequent sections describe the appearance and anatomy of Soay sheep (section 2.4), their feeding ecology (section …
The Boreray sheep of ST Kilda, outer hebrides, Scotland: The …
1981年7月1日 · Whatever may be the best formula for the management of Boreray for nature conservation, it is vitally important that the Boreray sheep remain genetically intact as a unique, rare breed and that no other sheep should be introduced, not only to Boreray but to St Kilda as a …