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    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...
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    Several types of sheep have been associated with St Kilda. In addition to the Boreray, these include the Soay sheep, a feral type from Soay (one of the other...
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  • Leach's petrel and puffin. Soay in mist Soay from Hirta Soay and Hirta from Stac an Armin Soay sheep Steep pasture Sound of Soay Soay in the mist Freshly fallen...
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    size are Soay (English: "sheep island") at 99 hectares (240 acres) and Boreray ("the fortified isle"), which measures 86 hectares (210 acres). Soay is 0.5...
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    Soay sheep that remain on the island of Hirta have been used to explore the relation of body size and coloration to reproductive success. Soay sheep come...
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  • Soay (Scottish Gaelic: Sòdhaigh, pronounced [ˈs̪ɔː.aj]) is an island just off the coast of Skye, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Soay lies to the west...
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    horns. They were often formerly known as "St Kilda" sheep, although unlike Soay and Boreray sheep they are probably not in fact from the St Kilda archipelago...
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    thirty-seven extant animal breeds from Scotland, and three that are extinct. The Soay Sheep has prehistoric origins,[citation needed] and the Galloway breed of beef...
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  • sheep". It may refer to: Soay, Inner Hebrides off south west Skye Soay, St Kilda in the St Kilda group The neighbouring islands of Soay Mòr and Soay Beag...
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    short-wooled sheep were shot in the 1860s. It was similar in appearance and origin to the surviving Soay sheep, from the island of Soay in the St Kilda...
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