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The Boreray sheep of St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland: The natural history of a feral population.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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Two rock stacks off Boreray are the highest in the British Isles: Stac an Armin 191 m and Stac Lee 165 m.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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The archipelago comprises four small islands: Hirta, Soay, and Dun, with Boreray 7.5 km northeast, plus the islets of Stac an Armin, Stac Lee, Levenish and two stacks off Soay.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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Soay and Boreray are formed of a breccia of gabbro and dolerites.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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The cliffs of Boreray and Soay rise sheer to over 370 m and the north face of Conachair on Hirta is 426 m high.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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A dense but healthy population averaging about 400 blackface-cross sheep on Boreray are quite unmanaged.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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The Agrostis-Festuca grassland of Hirta, Boreray and Soay is heavily grazed by sheep.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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Much of the grassland, as on Soay and Boreray, has a sub-maritime character consisting of Holcus lanatus, Agrostis stolonifera, A. capillaris, Festuca rubia and Anthoxanthum odoratum.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008
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