Soay (pronounced "soy") is the name of several Scottish islands. It is Sòdhaigh (sometimes anglicised "Soaigh") in Scottish Gaelic, and comes from the Old Norse so-ey meaning "island of sheep". It may refer to:
Soay, Inner Hebrides off south west Skye
Soay, St Kilda in the St Kilda group
The neighbouring islands of Soay Mòr and Soay Beag in the Outer Hebrides
It may also refer to:
Soay sheep the native, primitive sheep from St Kilda
The Soay sheep is a breed of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) descended from a population of feral sheep on the 100-hectare (250-acre) island of Soay in the...
may refer to: Soay, Inner Hebrides off south west Skye Soay, St Kilda in the St Kilda group The neighbouring islands of Soay Mòr and Soay Beag in the Outer...
Soay Beag (Scottish Gaelic: Sòdhaigh Beag) is a small, uninhabited tidal island in West Loch Tarbert, between the northern and southern parts of Harris...
Soay Sound (Scottish Gaelic: Caolas Shòdhaigh) is a strait separating the islands of Soay Mòr and Soay Beag from the northern part of Harris. The sound...
with St Kilda. In addition to the Boreray, these include the Soay sheep, a feral type from Soay (one of the other islands in the St Kilda archipelago), and...
parts of the United Kingdom. Out Stack Skaw Western Rocks St Agnes Soay Belleek Soay Lowe -stoft Lowestoft Ness Ben Nevis Holme Fen Northernmost point...
Sound of Soay is a car and passenger ferry, operated by Western Ferries on the upper Clyde between Gourock and Dunoon, Scotland. Sound of Soay was built...
syndrome (IMS) is an annual behavior pattern that has been described in Soay sheep and other mammals with a strictly seasonal breeding pattern and described...
horns. They were often formerly known as "St Kilda" sheep, although unlike Soay and Boreray sheep they are probably not in fact from the St Kilda archipelago...
there are few predators, they may thrive, for example in the case of the Soay sheep. Both goats and sheep were sometimes intentionally released and allowed...
also various large stacks in the narrow strait between Hirta and Soay: Stac Dona, Stac Soay and Stac Biorach. The origin of Hirta is open to interpretation...
follows: It is 301 kilometres (187 statute miles; 163 nautical miles) west of Soay, St Kilda, Scotland; 423 kilometres (263 statute miles; 228 nautical miles)...
April 1998) was a Scottish author, adventurer, and self-styled Laird of Soay best known for the memoir Hebridean Sharker (1960) about his adventures on...
with the rank of Major in 1944. After the war, he purchased the Isle of Soay off Skye in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. According to his book Harpoon at...
evacuation, but a herd of 107 indigenous Soay sheep were transferred onto Hirta from Soay and now live in a feral state. Soay sheep are a very primitive breed...
Soay sheep used by the city to crop vegetation around the fortifications. These small sheep are very comfortable on the slopes and replace the mechanical...
other outlying islands share, Hirta is by far the largest individual island (Soay and Boreray are fourth and fifth largest), and at its maximum of 180 its...
thirty-seven extant animal breeds from Scotland, and three that are extinct. The Soay Sheep has prehistoric origins,[citation needed] and the Galloway breed of...
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