OrkneyBoreray
@orkneyboreray.bsky.social
Our Community farms rare Orkney Boreray sheep for mutton/products & saving the breed
Book, The Lost Flock, @chelseagreen
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++welfare, nature #agroecology
Orkney, Scotland
Book, The Lost Flock, @chelseagreen
orkneyboreray.com
++welfare, nature #agroecology
Orkney, Scotland
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The Tiny Trailer Abattoir is under construction now!
We are making exemplary sheep welfare possible with on-farm slaughter
We've raised over half of the cost & are fundraising for rest
Can you help us?
Please can you share this link as widely as possible
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
We are making exemplary sheep welfare possible with on-farm slaughter
We've raised over half of the cost & are fundraising for rest
Can you help us?
Please can you share this link as widely as possible
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
It's here!
For fans of Orkney Boreray Haggis and those curious about this ultimate Scottish treat for Burns Night head over to www.macbeths.com/product/bore...
The care and skill of Macbeth's butchers creates a wonderful eating experience - Enjoy!
For fans of Orkney Boreray Haggis and those curious about this ultimate Scottish treat for Burns Night head over to www.macbeths.com/product/bore...
The care and skill of Macbeth's butchers creates a wonderful eating experience - Enjoy!
January 15, 2026 at 10:23 AM
It's here!
For fans of Orkney Boreray Haggis and those curious about this ultimate Scottish treat for Burns Night head over to www.macbeths.com/product/bore...
The care and skill of Macbeth's butchers creates a wonderful eating experience - Enjoy!
For fans of Orkney Boreray Haggis and those curious about this ultimate Scottish treat for Burns Night head over to www.macbeths.com/product/bore...
The care and skill of Macbeth's butchers creates a wonderful eating experience - Enjoy!
Reposted by OrkneyBoreray
🐑 Innovative, humane, and community-focused, the #TinyTrailerAbattoir is a game-changing initiative for small-scale and native-breed farming 🚜
Please support this fundraiser 👇
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January 7, 2026 at 2:28 PM
🐑 Innovative, humane, and community-focused, the #TinyTrailerAbattoir is a game-changing initiative for small-scale and native-breed farming 🚜
Please support this fundraiser 👇
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@thesoilassociation.bsky.social
Please support this fundraiser 👇
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@thesoilassociation.bsky.social
Here at Burnside we have snow. Where it's not drifted it's about 10-15cm deep. All sheep checked now this morning & all coping well in these challenging conditions
Wind can really take it out of sheep and this current north westerly is cruelly cold, even with all the woolly layers I was wearing.
Wind can really take it out of sheep and this current north westerly is cruelly cold, even with all the woolly layers I was wearing.
January 3, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Here at Burnside we have snow. Where it's not drifted it's about 10-15cm deep. All sheep checked now this morning & all coping well in these challenging conditions
Wind can really take it out of sheep and this current north westerly is cruelly cold, even with all the woolly layers I was wearing.
Wind can really take it out of sheep and this current north westerly is cruelly cold, even with all the woolly layers I was wearing.
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Boosting to the knitting feed, bc all the folks there love sheep and their beautiful fleece. Please consider a donation for the welfare of the sheep and their shepherds.
Happy knitting, my friends. 💕 🐑 🧶
Happy knitting, my friends. 💕 🐑 🧶
January 2, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Boosting to the knitting feed, bc all the folks there love sheep and their beautiful fleece. Please consider a donation for the welfare of the sheep and their shepherds.
Happy knitting, my friends. 💕 🐑 🧶
Happy knitting, my friends. 💕 🐑 🧶
Please help us give the highest welfare to our sheep for the whole of their lives with Tiny Trailer Abattoir
Anything you can give is much appreciated, as is sharing the link
Many thanks to everyone who has already donated
We really appreciate your support
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
Anything you can give is much appreciated, as is sharing the link
Many thanks to everyone who has already donated
We really appreciate your support
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
Fundraiser - The Tiny Trailer Abattoir: Humane, Local Slaughter for Orkney & Highlands
Fundraiser - Since Orkney lost its abattoir in 2018, and with local abattoirs continuing to close across the Highlands, crofters and farmers are being forced to transport sheep hundreds of miles for s...
www.peoplesfundraising.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Please help us give the highest welfare to our sheep for the whole of their lives with Tiny Trailer Abattoir
Anything you can give is much appreciated, as is sharing the link
Many thanks to everyone who has already donated
We really appreciate your support
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
Anything you can give is much appreciated, as is sharing the link
Many thanks to everyone who has already donated
We really appreciate your support
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
Snow falling over the isle of Shapinsay, just visible in the distance under the snow clouds.
January 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Snow falling over the isle of Shapinsay, just visible in the distance under the snow clouds.
V breezy in Orkney, ++snow forecast
These windbreak hayracks provide fodder & shelter. Can be moved depending on wind direction
Can be freestanding or against a fence & the sheep love them
Please also remember the OB Co-op fundraiser & share it if you can
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
These windbreak hayracks provide fodder & shelter. Can be moved depending on wind direction
Can be freestanding or against a fence & the sheep love them
Please also remember the OB Co-op fundraiser & share it if you can
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
December 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
V breezy in Orkney, ++snow forecast
These windbreak hayracks provide fodder & shelter. Can be moved depending on wind direction
Can be freestanding or against a fence & the sheep love them
Please also remember the OB Co-op fundraiser & share it if you can
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
These windbreak hayracks provide fodder & shelter. Can be moved depending on wind direction
Can be freestanding or against a fence & the sheep love them
Please also remember the OB Co-op fundraiser & share it if you can
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
Reposted by OrkneyBoreray
The remarkable @orkneyboreray.bsky.social have developed a licensed on-farm abattoir, ideal for native breeds, significantly reducing stress on animals.
#Smallholders #Crofters #Farmers
Please support the fundraiser if you can.
#Smallholders #Crofters #Farmers
Please support the fundraiser if you can.
The Tiny Trailer Abattoir is under construction now!
We are making exemplary sheep welfare possible with on-farm slaughter
We've raised over half of the cost & are fundraising for rest
Can you help us?
Please can you share this link as widely as possible
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
We are making exemplary sheep welfare possible with on-farm slaughter
We've raised over half of the cost & are fundraising for rest
Can you help us?
Please can you share this link as widely as possible
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The remarkable @orkneyboreray.bsky.social have developed a licensed on-farm abattoir, ideal for native breeds, significantly reducing stress on animals.
#Smallholders #Crofters #Farmers
Please support the fundraiser if you can.
#Smallholders #Crofters #Farmers
Please support the fundraiser if you can.
Reposted by OrkneyBoreray
The remarkable @orkneyboreray.bsky.social have developed a licensed on-farm abattoir, ideal for native breeds, significantly reducing stress on animals.
#Smallholders #Crofters #Farmers
Please support the fundraiser if you can.
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
#Smallholders #Crofters #Farmers
Please support the fundraiser if you can.
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
Fundraiser - The Tiny Trailer Abattoir: Humane, Local Slaughter for Orkney & Highlands
Fundraiser - Since Orkney lost its abattoir in 2018, and with local abattoirs continuing to close across the Highlands, crofters and farmers are being forced to transport sheep hundreds of miles for s...
www.peoplesfundraising.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The remarkable @orkneyboreray.bsky.social have developed a licensed on-farm abattoir, ideal for native breeds, significantly reducing stress on animals.
#Smallholders #Crofters #Farmers
Please support the fundraiser if you can.
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
#Smallholders #Crofters #Farmers
Please support the fundraiser if you can.
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
The Tiny Trailer Abattoir is under construction now!
We are making exemplary sheep welfare possible with on-farm slaughter
We've raised over half of the cost & are fundraising for rest
Can you help us?
Please can you share this link as widely as possible
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
We are making exemplary sheep welfare possible with on-farm slaughter
We've raised over half of the cost & are fundraising for rest
Can you help us?
Please can you share this link as widely as possible
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Tiny Trailer Abattoir is under construction now!
We are making exemplary sheep welfare possible with on-farm slaughter
We've raised over half of the cost & are fundraising for rest
Can you help us?
Please can you share this link as widely as possible
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
We are making exemplary sheep welfare possible with on-farm slaughter
We've raised over half of the cost & are fundraising for rest
Can you help us?
Please can you share this link as widely as possible
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
We have some exciting news about Orkney Boreray Salami.
See below :-)
See below :-)
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We have some exciting news about Orkney Boreray Salami.
See below :-)
See below :-)
Reposted by OrkneyBoreray
Tomorrow in Kirkwall! Including the official launch of Prof. Jane Downes & Colin Richards' book on Bronze Age burials. Looks like fun & bones. Happy birthday @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social ! 🎂
@thinkuhi.bsky.social 🏺
@thinkuhi.bsky.social 🏺
All welcome to our tenth anniversary celebrations this Friday - Archaeology Orkney
We’re celebrating the tenth anniversary of the UHI Archaeology Institute in November and would be delighted if you could come along and join us.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Tomorrow in Kirkwall! Including the official launch of Prof. Jane Downes & Colin Richards' book on Bronze Age burials. Looks like fun & bones. Happy birthday @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social ! 🎂
@thinkuhi.bsky.social 🏺
@thinkuhi.bsky.social 🏺
It's salami time!
The 2025 Orkney Boreray salami is now available from Kirkness & Gorie in Kirkwall
Made by Highland Charcuterie & Smoke House Ltd the Orkney Boreray mutton is subtly flavoured with Gorse Flowers & Bog Myrtle.
Best before 5/1/26 so buy now for Christmas & Hogmanay celebrations
The 2025 Orkney Boreray salami is now available from Kirkness & Gorie in Kirkwall
Made by Highland Charcuterie & Smoke House Ltd the Orkney Boreray mutton is subtly flavoured with Gorse Flowers & Bog Myrtle.
Best before 5/1/26 so buy now for Christmas & Hogmanay celebrations
October 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It's salami time!
The 2025 Orkney Boreray salami is now available from Kirkness & Gorie in Kirkwall
Made by Highland Charcuterie & Smoke House Ltd the Orkney Boreray mutton is subtly flavoured with Gorse Flowers & Bog Myrtle.
Best before 5/1/26 so buy now for Christmas & Hogmanay celebrations
The 2025 Orkney Boreray salami is now available from Kirkness & Gorie in Kirkwall
Made by Highland Charcuterie & Smoke House Ltd the Orkney Boreray mutton is subtly flavoured with Gorse Flowers & Bog Myrtle.
Best before 5/1/26 so buy now for Christmas & Hogmanay celebrations
A blurry view through wet window & horizontal rain!
Getting a bit breezy in Orkney. I opened up 1 side of the electric fence so the sheep could fully access the part of the field most sheltered from the current SE wind, but over weekend will be able to access the best shelter from forecast W wind.
Getting a bit breezy in Orkney. I opened up 1 side of the electric fence so the sheep could fully access the part of the field most sheltered from the current SE wind, but over weekend will be able to access the best shelter from forecast W wind.
October 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A blurry view through wet window & horizontal rain!
Getting a bit breezy in Orkney. I opened up 1 side of the electric fence so the sheep could fully access the part of the field most sheltered from the current SE wind, but over weekend will be able to access the best shelter from forecast W wind.
Getting a bit breezy in Orkney. I opened up 1 side of the electric fence so the sheep could fully access the part of the field most sheltered from the current SE wind, but over weekend will be able to access the best shelter from forecast W wind.
On a damp & breezy morning I see the sun, in its annual movement from north to south across the horizon, is now rising directly in the east. By mid winter it will be hidden from sight behind the hill to the south of the farm, never rising high enough to peek above the hill.
September 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
On a damp & breezy morning I see the sun, in its annual movement from north to south across the horizon, is now rising directly in the east. By mid winter it will be hidden from sight behind the hill to the south of the farm, never rising high enough to peek above the hill.
Another glorious day in Orkney with the sheep enjoying some visitors to the farm who came to meet the sheep and learn about their lives and history.
September 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Another glorious day in Orkney with the sheep enjoying some visitors to the farm who came to meet the sheep and learn about their lives and history.
Waiting for the ferry to Scrabster taking sheep to abattoir. Hopefully last time we do this. Working hard on getting on-farm slaughter with Tiny Trailer Abattoir in 2026 for Orkney Boreray, North Ronaldsay & other sheep farms
August 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Waiting for the ferry to Scrabster taking sheep to abattoir. Hopefully last time we do this. Working hard on getting on-farm slaughter with Tiny Trailer Abattoir in 2026 for Orkney Boreray, North Ronaldsay & other sheep farms
Orkney Boreray mutton sheep enjoying the sun
Look out for news about the Orkney Boreray mutton from Taste Tradition & the butchers and restaurants they'll be supplying.
The sheep look in fantastic condition having enjoyed a wonderful life for over 2 years or more at Airy Farm in Stronsay
Look out for news about the Orkney Boreray mutton from Taste Tradition & the butchers and restaurants they'll be supplying.
The sheep look in fantastic condition having enjoyed a wonderful life for over 2 years or more at Airy Farm in Stronsay
August 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Orkney Boreray mutton sheep enjoying the sun
Look out for news about the Orkney Boreray mutton from Taste Tradition & the butchers and restaurants they'll be supplying.
The sheep look in fantastic condition having enjoyed a wonderful life for over 2 years or more at Airy Farm in Stronsay
Look out for news about the Orkney Boreray mutton from Taste Tradition & the butchers and restaurants they'll be supplying.
The sheep look in fantastic condition having enjoyed a wonderful life for over 2 years or more at Airy Farm in Stronsay
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Border Union Show, Orkney Boreray & Real Bread - Scottish Food Guide
I’d heard so much about the Border Union Show however I confess to never having been, so when I was invited to run the Cookery Theatre, set up competitions and generally support the Food Hall, it was ...
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August 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
While we're very busy at Burnside getting mutton sheep over from members of the Orkney Boreray Co-op Ltd on other isles in Orkney, and preparing for the big trip down to Dingwall early next week, we make time to give the ewes and lambs a welcome treat of Balfour willow to eat.
August 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
While we're very busy at Burnside getting mutton sheep over from members of the Orkney Boreray Co-op Ltd on other isles in Orkney, and preparing for the big trip down to Dingwall early next week, we make time to give the ewes and lambs a welcome treat of Balfour willow to eat.
Orkney Boreray mutton is coming soon!
www.macbeths.com will have it available to buy in early Sept. You can pre-order from them
Limited quantities of this fabulous rare mutton, one of only 5 Slow Food Presidium products in whole of UK
@slowfooduk.bsky.social @wendybarriescot.bsky.social
www.macbeths.com will have it available to buy in early Sept. You can pre-order from them
Limited quantities of this fabulous rare mutton, one of only 5 Slow Food Presidium products in whole of UK
@slowfooduk.bsky.social @wendybarriescot.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Orkney Boreray mutton is coming soon!
www.macbeths.com will have it available to buy in early Sept. You can pre-order from them
Limited quantities of this fabulous rare mutton, one of only 5 Slow Food Presidium products in whole of UK
@slowfooduk.bsky.social @wendybarriescot.bsky.social
www.macbeths.com will have it available to buy in early Sept. You can pre-order from them
Limited quantities of this fabulous rare mutton, one of only 5 Slow Food Presidium products in whole of UK
@slowfooduk.bsky.social @wendybarriescot.bsky.social
Reason why I've not been posting much recently now revealed
Orkney Boreray Co-operative Ltd are working on bringing on-farm slaughter to Burnside, plus North Ronaldsay for 2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thx to BBC Radio Orkney for great coverage & Rob Flett for fantastic photos/video
Orkney Boreray Co-operative Ltd are working on bringing on-farm slaughter to Burnside, plus North Ronaldsay for 2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thx to BBC Radio Orkney for great coverage & Rob Flett for fantastic photos/video
Orkney farmer plans trailer abattoir to end lengthy trips
An Orkney farmer is funding her own abattoir so her sheep no longer have to leave her farm for slaughter.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Reason why I've not been posting much recently now revealed
Orkney Boreray Co-operative Ltd are working on bringing on-farm slaughter to Burnside, plus North Ronaldsay for 2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thx to BBC Radio Orkney for great coverage & Rob Flett for fantastic photos/video
Orkney Boreray Co-operative Ltd are working on bringing on-farm slaughter to Burnside, plus North Ronaldsay for 2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thx to BBC Radio Orkney for great coverage & Rob Flett for fantastic photos/video
Some of the ewes and lambs at Burnside enjoying Orkney's sunshine.
July 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Some of the ewes and lambs at Burnside enjoying Orkney's sunshine.
Simmer dim
When the sun hangs suspended behind hills to the north illuminating the northern lands in a seemingly eternal twilight
But those of us in the north reaches of Britain know the #SummerSolstice merely starts the relentless cycle of drifting down to overwhelming darkness
When the sun hangs suspended behind hills to the north illuminating the northern lands in a seemingly eternal twilight
But those of us in the north reaches of Britain know the #SummerSolstice merely starts the relentless cycle of drifting down to overwhelming darkness
June 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Simmer dim
When the sun hangs suspended behind hills to the north illuminating the northern lands in a seemingly eternal twilight
But those of us in the north reaches of Britain know the #SummerSolstice merely starts the relentless cycle of drifting down to overwhelming darkness
When the sun hangs suspended behind hills to the north illuminating the northern lands in a seemingly eternal twilight
But those of us in the north reaches of Britain know the #SummerSolstice merely starts the relentless cycle of drifting down to overwhelming darkness
@northwards.bsky.socialMany thanks to northwardsltd.com for getting my @edinvalefarm.bsky.social Macbeths Butchers beef order to me in perfect chilled condition - superb @PastureForLife roast beef for Sunday lunch :-)
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May 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
@northwards.bsky.socialMany thanks to northwardsltd.com for getting my @edinvalefarm.bsky.social Macbeths Butchers beef order to me in perfect chilled condition - superb @PastureForLife roast beef for Sunday lunch :-)