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Soay Sheep, Hirta, St Kilda
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Western Isles - St Kilda
Soay Sheep, a breed of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) descended from feral sheep on Soay. They are native to the St Kilda, where there are about 1500 of them. They are small and sure-footed, have amazing agility on the cliffs and are difficult to catch.
24 June 2011
Tràigh Hogh, Totronald, Coll
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Coll Southwest
Tràigh Hogh beach, Totronald, Coll, looking towards Rum.
27 April 2014
Blackface ewe and lamb, Ben Vrackie
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Pitlochry, Loch Faskally and Ben Vrackie
Blackface ewe and lamb, Ben Vrackie
30 April 2006
Hebridean Sheep seen from the Salcot Merse Observatory, Caerlaverock Wetlands Centre
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Solway and Caerlaverock, Dumfriesshire
Hebridean Sheep seen from the Salcot Merse Observatory, Caerlaverock Wetlands Centre
18 January 2020
Sheep fold, Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat
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Carrifran Wildwood
A sheep fold from the days when herbivores roamed the land in what is now Carrifran Wildwood, Moffat. Like much of Scotland, Carrifran used to be wooded. From the Neolithic onwards, farmers cleared woodland for buildings and grazing, and hunted predators which had kept grazing under control. Until the Millennium, Carrifran was, like other valleys in the Southern Uplands, denuded of trees by grazing and felling. Deer, sheep and goats would have eaten the young trees trying to regenerate. Now a project, led by Borders Forest Trust, with a 100-year vision to restore wild woodland, is in progress, with exclusion of grazers and planting of different native tree species to provide a rich habitat for wildlife.
17 September 2020
Feral pigeon, River Kelvin, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Feral pigeon (Columba livia domestica) just emerged from washing in the River Kelvin, Glasgow.
02 June 2020
Lamb Head from Burgh Head, Stronsay, Orkney
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Orkney - Stronsay
Lamb Head from Burgh Head, Stronsay, Orkney. In the distance is Auskerry with the lighthouse, and beyond that, Copinsay.
08 July 2019
Blackface sheep and replanted forest, Dunkeld
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Perthshire
Blackface sheep graze on the Perthshire hills at Glack, Dunkeld. A deer fence protects a newly felled and replanted area of forest.
26 February 2019
Blackface sheep and Broom bush, Dunkeld
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Perthshire
Blackface sheep pausing from grazing on a Broom (Cytisus scoparius) bush, the Glack, Dunkeld. All Blackfaces are horned, with black or black and white face and legs. The fleece should be free of black fibre and can vary from short, fine wool used for carpets and tweeds to strong coarse wool, which is sold mainly for the Italian mattress trade.
26 February 2019
Blackface sheep and Broom bush, Dunkeld
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Perthshire
Blackface sheep pausing from grazing on a Broom (Cytisus scoparius) bush, the Glack, Dunkeld
