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Interesting news · Thursday 19 February
Britain’s ‘loneliest sheep’ gives birth for the first time
from scottishfield.co.uk
Photograph · scottishfield.co.uk
Fiona, the sheep once dubbed Britain’s loneliest after being spotted alone at the foot of a cliff in the Scottish Highlands, has given birth for the first time at Dalscone Farm in Dumfries. Rescued in 2023 following global attention to her plight, Fiona had twin lambs, a boy and a girl. The farm bred her so that she would have company, and she has taken to motherhood well.
The domed brick drum on the north bank of the Clyde, opposite the Radisson RED at the SEC campus, is to open again in May 2027 as The Rotunda and Roundhouse.
