https://wildlife.blog/tags/cliffs-of-moher/ Recent content in Cliffs of Moher on Wildlife.blog Hugo en-us https://wildlife.blog/posts/sheep-cliffs-of-moher/ https://wildlife.blog/posts/sheep-cliffs-of-moher/ <p><strong>Domestic Sheep</strong> <em>(Ovis aries)</em></p> <p>Black-faced and shaggy-coated, this is likely a Scottish Blackface cross — the breed that has grazed Ireland&rsquo;s Atlantic cliffs for centuries, bred to handle wet, windy hillsides where other livestock won&rsquo;t thrive.</p> <p>Scottish Blackface and their crosses are the most common sheep along the west coast of Ireland, grazing year-round on the exposed karst and cliff-top pastures of County Clare.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_sheep">Wikipedia</a> | <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42391-Ovis-aries">iNaturalist</a></p>