Loneliest sheep has arrived at her new home at Dalscone Farm

The ewe, now named Fiona, was rescued on Saturday after being stranded for more than two years at the foot of cliffs in the Scottish Highlands.

A team of five farmers successfully descended a rocky gully using a winch and managed to extract her from the remote shoreline.

She has now been moved to her new home at Dalscone Farm, in Dumfries.

Cammy Wilson was part of the rescue mission, and he clipped Fiona on Sunday, to relieve her of two years-worth of fleece.

The sheep's plight hit the headlines last month after a kayaker photographed her still trapped at the foot of a steep cliff at the Cromarty Firth two years after a previous sighting.

She was dubbed Britain's loneliest sheep and an online petition to rescue her attracted thousands of signatures.

On Sunday, a small group of activists from Animal Rising – which earlier this year tried to disrupt a number of high-profile horse races – staged a protest at Dalscone Farm, as they criticised plans to rehome her at a farm park because they believed she would be "exploited" for money and become a "spectacle".

However, the team at Dalscone – which has now closed it's farm park section for the winter months – confirmed that Fiona would be left in peace to settle in, and would be receiving the best of treatment.

Farmer Ben, from Dalscone, said in a Facebook video: "We're going to give Fiona a five star home, we are going to get her some amazing friends.

"We are obviously closed at the moment. The farm park's closed for the winter, for the next five months, so she's got loads of time to settle in.

"Nobody's going to be bugging her, we'll just get to know her, let her do her own thing."

Cammy Wilson explained that he became determined to help Fiona after seeing online criticism of the farmer whose flock she once belonged to.

The owner had tried to retrieve her but found he was unable to do so without putting himself or his employees in danger.