North Ronaldsay sheep exist mainly on kelp seaweed as they are confined to the shoreline by a stone wall built around the perimeter of the island

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North Ronaldsay is the most northern of the islands in the Orkney Archipelago situated at the northern tip of Scotland. It is unique in that it has a dry stone wall or Dyke built around the perimeter of the island that confines the Island’s sheep predominately to the shoreline. The sheep have evolved to survive on a diet that is almost exclusively seaweed – kelp . Only being brought onto the grassy areas of the island during lambing in the spring

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Location: North Ronaldsay Orkney Scotland United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Peter Brogden / Alamy / Afripics
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