Fiona, who became a world-wide sensation as Britain's loneliest sheep, is now HALF the size she ewe-sed to be!

After spending 2 years marooned connected a distant Highland beach, she was successful request of a spot of pampering.

But present Fiona, dubbed Britain’s loneliest sheep, has undergone a transformative makeover aft being sheared for the archetypal clip since her melodramatic rescue.

Last twelvemonth carnal lovers astir the state were near distraught by the plight of the sheep, which had been surviving successful full seclusion connected a distant beach, trapped astatine the ft of a fearsome partition of cliffs.

She was yet rescued aft a squad of rescuers abseiled 800ft down to the rocky agelong of shoreline southbound of Balintore successful Easter Ross, which the carnal had been forced to telephone location for astatine slightest 2 years.

Now, 8 months aft the melodramatic rescue ngo she has been shorn to the skin.

Sheep husbandman Cammy Wilson, who led the team, sheared Fiona astatine her location connected Dalscone Farm adjacent Dumfries.

Although she had overmuch of her wool removed erstwhile she was rescued to relieve her from its weight, this is the archetypal clip electrical clippers were utilized to shave her to the skin.

Last nighttime husbandman Ben Best, who looks aft her said: ‘The caller look wholly transforms her and she’s a batch much comfortable, there’s little panting.

‘Fiona has escaped scope circular the farm, she doesn’t person immoderate peculiar pen that she stays in, she conscionable suits herself.

‘She is singular and has ben similar that from time one, she has taken everything successful her stride.

‘For it being her archetypal acquisition of electrical shearing was being done and the clippers were buzzing, you’d she’d marque 1 footwear but she was perfectly cleanable and behaved impeccably.’

The shearing took spot successful beforehand of hundreds of onlookers who were excited to ticker get her caller look.

On the day, everyone watching astatine the workplace was offered a clump of wool to instrumentality location arsenic a keepsake.

Mr Best added: ‘That’s 1 of the main questions I get is “How is Fiona”, she’s truthful good known, it was specified a large communicative globally. She’s successful folklore now!’

Jillian Turner spotted the Fiona successful 2021 during a travel from Balintore to Nigg with the East Sutherland Canoe and Kayak Club.

But past October she took the aforesaid travel again and noticed the sheep was inactive trapped connected the tiny country of beach.

She said astatine the clip that her fleece was ‘huge and touching the crushed astatine the back.’

In November. a five-strong squad of daredevils led by Mr Wilson scrambled 800ft down to the rocky agelong of shoreline and - successful a nail-biting rescue - managed to haul Fiona up the steep slope, utilizing a winch mounted connected a motortruck parked astatine the apical of the cliff, 650ft of rope, and a provender container fashioned into a makeshift sling.

Waiting veterinary inspectors confirmed that the sheep was successful bully carnal information aft the melodramatic rescue.

Fiona was aboriginal fixed a long-overdue trim and rehoused astatine Dalscone Farm carnal park.

The rescue enactment decided to sanction the sheep aft Princess Fiona, who was played by American prima Cameron Diaz successful the Shrek films.