UK's 'loneliest sheep' which spent 2 years alone on a cliff 'forgets' how to be a sheep

Fiona, the UK's loneliest sheep, is struggling to set to her caller beingness connected a Scottish farm. (Image: Dalscone Farm )

The UK’s ‘loneliest shep’ is having trouble bonding with different animals aft being rehomed to a workplace successful Scotland.

Fiona the sheep is believed to person spent astatine slightest two years isolated successful the Scottish Highlands.

In October 2023, a kayaker photographed the ewe trapped astatine the basal of a steep cliff connected the Cromarty Firth.

The representation prompted section animal welfare groups to coordinate a rescue ngo and Fiona was captured and relocated to Dalscone Farm successful Dumfries.

The ewe was named aft Fiona, the ogre from the animated Shrek movie series. Another sheep, affectionately named Shrek, roseate to prominence successful New Zealand successful 2004 aft hiding successful caves aft evading shearers for six years.

Fiona was rescued from the ft of a cliff successful the Scottish Highlands past year. (Image: Animal Rising)

After surviving connected her caller workplace for astir 12 months, Fiona reportedly has trouble adapting to a much societal life.

Farmer Ben Best is 1 of respective workers overseeing the sheep’s recovery. After her rescue communicative captured nationalist attention, helium has shared updates connected the ewe’s advancement connected societal media.

He told BBC Radio Scotland: “She doesn’t socialise precise good with different sheep. I deliberation it is conscionable from being down by herself and isolated for implicit 2 years astatine the bottommost of that cliff.

“She has benignant of forgotten however to beryllium a shep. We person tried her successful with respective antithetic friends and we person had to instrumentality them backmost retired due to the fact that she truly doesn’t get connected with them that well.”

Despite Fiona’s conflict to navigate friendships with her ain species, she has enjoyed the institution of Dalscone workplace workers.

Ben explained: “She is precise placid, she is rather laid backmost and not what we expected whatsoever - but successful a bully way.”

Since her rescue, Fiona has go somewhat of a farmyard star, adjacent fronting a intelligence wellness run targeting farmers with the slogan: “Are ewe OK?”

Her carers besides warned Fiona has a inclination to marque the astir of the hay and provender connected connection and the ewe has precocious been placed connected a fare “after putting connected a just spot of weight”.