Soay Sheep Project
@soaysheep.bsky.social
Bleats about all things Soay Sheep: field, research, puns 🐑
Home of the long term study of the Soay Sheep of St Kilda, Scotland 🏝️
Also check out our instagram: www.instagram.com/soaysheep/
and website: https://soaysheep.bio.ed.ac.uk/
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Home of the long term study of the Soay Sheep of St Kilda, Scotland 🏝️
Also check out our instagram: www.instagram.com/soaysheep/
and website: https://soaysheep.bio.ed.ac.uk/
🔭🐏
.....and follow along with some of the authors here @erinsiracusa.bsky.social @delphinedemoor.bsky.social @gfalbery.bsky.social @elliswiersma.bsky.social @mattjsilk.bsky.social
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June 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
.....and follow along with some of the authors here @erinsiracusa.bsky.social @delphinedemoor.bsky.social @gfalbery.bsky.social @elliswiersma.bsky.social @mattjsilk.bsky.social
📰🐑 They found that early-life adversities, eg reduced food resources, harsh winters and low birth weight, can reduce a sheep's ability to reproduce successfully and disadvantaged males in particular. Read a summary by @pnas.org here: www.pnas.org/post/journal...
In sheep, long-term success hinges on the first year of life—especially for males
To track lasting impacts in the animals, ecologists investigated weather, parasite load, birth weight and other early-life factors. Image credit: Martin Stoffel.
www.pnas.org
April 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📰🐑 They found that early-life adversities, eg reduced food resources, harsh winters and low birth weight, can reduce a sheep's ability to reproduce successfully and disadvantaged males in particular. Read a summary by @pnas.org here: www.pnas.org/post/journal...
Each year’s lambs get a new colour on a six year cycle, prefixed with a letter. Last year’s lambs were Yellow, starting off our “echo” series. Any sheep caught where we don’t know there age are given “unknown purple” tags. 🔭🐑
March 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Each year’s lambs get a new colour on a six year cycle, prefixed with a letter. Last year’s lambs were Yellow, starting off our “echo” series. Any sheep caught where we don’t know there age are given “unknown purple” tags. 🔭🐑
There are also different horns, with the rams, or as we call them Tups, sporting wonderful curls. Ewe horns are thinner and some don't have any at all, called polled. The third horn type is scurred where horns are misshapen, taking on a variety of trajectories and sizes.
February 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
There are also different horns, with the rams, or as we call them Tups, sporting wonderful curls. Ewe horns are thinner and some don't have any at all, called polled. The third horn type is scurred where horns are misshapen, taking on a variety of trajectories and sizes.