Two of the men stayed at the top to operate the winch while three others were lowered 250m down the steep descent where they found Fiona in a cave and guided her up the rock face.
Two of the rescuers Cammy Wilson (L) and Als Couzens are pictured with Fiona, the sheep which has been saved
Britain’s ‘loneliest sheep’ has been finally rescued after being stuck on a rock off the north east coast of Scotland for two years
The ewe, named ‘Fiona’, was rescued by a team of volunteers using heavy equipment in an ‘epic’ mission
Posting on Facebook, The Sheep Game said: ‘We’ve named her Fiona and she’s now safe and well and heading to a well known Scottish Farm park.’
It added: ‘The rescue was epic!’
Mr Wilson explained: ‘There was a sheep called Shrek in Australia that was living in caves for years so this is the Scottish version.’
Thanks to the help of Cammy Wilson (R) and his team, Fiona is now in the care of Dalscone Farm in Dumfries
The team had contacted the Scottish SPCA to monitor the rescue and check the sheep’s condition.
Fiona was first discovered in 2021 by kayaker Jillian Turner, who returned to the spot near Balinore this year to find the animal still there, with her fleece overgrown