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. 🔭🐑