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Lucy Barnard @barnardlucy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Had an exciting time last week presenting my master's work that formed the basis of my first publication at the Outdoor Swimming Research Forum in Windermere. Lots of interesting research being done, and obviously a mid-conference group swim! #OSRF26 (photo: Ben Cannon)

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Soay Sheep Project @soaysheep.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Today at #bes2025 we have @elliswiersma.bsky.social talking about breeding phenology at 11:30, @mattjsilk.bsky.social presenting the benefits of sociality at 12:30 and @barnardlucy.bsky.social presenting a poster on epigenetic ageing (B17.16)

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Soay Sheep Project @soaysheep.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Announcing our Tup of the Trip! DR093 weighed in at 42kg he is our heaviest tup since 2021 and the 10th heaviest November measurement ever. Safe to say that great condition showed, we observed him in 17 consorts over the month 😍🔭🐏

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Soay Sheep Project @soaysheep.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

We’ve got snow! Good thing the sheep are all wrapped up in their woolly jackets 🔭🐑

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St Kilda World Heritage Site NTS @stkildawhs.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Delighted to receive this late season record of a 1cy Ring-necked Duck on #StKilda yesterday from @soaysheep.bsky.social researcher Xavier Bal. A 2nd island record after the first in 2000! Thanks for this fab 📷 @barnardlucy.bsky.social 🙂 @birdguides.bsky.social @hebridesbirds.bsky.social

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Soay Sheep Project @soaysheep.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Census 6 completed! The tups are really starting to size each other up now, either guarding males or hanging around in groups like this particularly large one

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Soay Sheep Project @soaysheep.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Safe to say the sheepies are hiding inside a lot of today 🔭🐑

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Lucy Barnard @barnardlucy.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Yes do, its on the top of the poster

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Lucy Barnard @barnardlucy.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Hi! Yes I am, shall i find you at the poster session today?

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Lucy Barnard @barnardlucy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Excited to share my poster @eseb2025.bsky.social at this evening’s poster session. Come along and chat all things sheep!

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Soay Sheep Project @soaysheep.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🔭🐑 Our summer field team have been busy beavering away and have completed their 10 censuses of the village bay population (picured). Over ten days a team of three will go out and count all the sheep in this area, tagged and untagged, so we know who is where and who they are grouping with.

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Soay Sheep Project @soaysheep.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

💻🐑 Update! Back on the mainland our team at @sheffielduni.bsky.social have been beavering away and have finished extracting DNA and aligning over 1000 whole sheep genomes as part of an exciting new project. Keep an eye out for more as the work progresses.

A blue test tube rack filled with numbered tubes. Next to it is a pipette and papers.

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Soay Sheep Project @soaysheep.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

🔭🐑 Check it out! With the lambing team back on the mainland have a look at the stats for the arrival of the Echo Orange cohort of 2025!

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Soay Sheep Project @soaysheep.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

🔭🐑 The first lambs have arrived, and spot on time from consort sightings in November! Soon village bay will be full of skipping lambs and frantic field workers....🏃‍♀️‍➡️

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Lucy Barnard @barnardlucy.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Had a great time last week learning all about science communication and storytelling with @gensocuk.bsky.social at the amazing Chicheley Hall

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Soay Sheep Project @soaysheep.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Sheepie News! A perspective piece in @natureaging.bsky.social highlights the importance of long term research and how St Kilda Soay sheep project provides a powerful model for understanding why ageing process varies under complex environmental conditions. Check it out: doi.org/10.1038/s435... 📰🐑

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