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Sable Island Horses, Glossy & Shaggy 🌎🌿 #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
A family band, adults & young, showing various stages of shedding depending on age. The black band stallion is almost fully shed. Some old hair clings to his face & lower legs, but he has his glossy summer coat….(🧵1/4)
June 28, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A Sable Island Yearling #NorthAtlantic #wildhorsesofSable #wildhorses #shedding #yearling
As few days ago, while her family band was drinking & grazing nearby, a scruffy female yearling was trotting, galloping & playing around a shallow pool of freshwater. Her new summer coat is showing … 🧵1/2
July 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM
1/3🧵: Snoozing in the Sunshine, December 31, 21 Years Ago.
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Twenty-one years ago today, an 8-year-old chestnut stallion relaxing in the warmth of the sun. His forelock and the faded-to-blonde hair in his mane are the…
December 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Looking back again… At One of the West Light Ponds.
On September 25, the max temperature was 18.8°C, with a 17 kt southerly wind. A family band of eight was resting at the edge of a freshwater pond just west of West Light. (1/2🧵) … #SableIslandwx #NSwx #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
October 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Choosing a Spot (1/2🧵)
Two #SableIsland stallions at a rolling-rubbing site. The dark brown horse has just risen after having a roll, and the bay is sniffing and checking out the patch before getting down for some vigorous rolling and wriggling in the loose sand. … #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
July 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Looking back, one more pond with horses… Iris Pond 🌎
On September 27, the max temp was 20.4°C, with a 19 kt NW wind. A family band of four (a stallion, two mares & a foal), & two males, were grazing in & around the shallow pond….(1/5🧵).... #SableIslandwx #NSwx
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October 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Socializing Sable Island Stallions 🌎 #NorthAtlantic #spring
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Five males were grazing, drinking and socializing near one of the freshwater ponds, when two dashed off to chase each other around the water. Although many are still lean after the winter,… (🧵1/2)
June 4, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Sable’s Spring Landscape 🌎 #NorthAtlantic
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It’s been a breezy, chilly spring on the island. Three male horses, a bachelor group, after walking into the wind across the wide, bare, & partly flooded south beach sand flat, headed up onto a low south beach dune🧵1/3…
June 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
1/4🧵: Sable Island Horses on the West Spit.🌎🌿 #SableIsland #NorthAtlantic #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
Although photos of bare sand, bald dunes, & floodwater, might, to some, suggest a bleak landscape for horses, there are abundant areas of vegetated terrain. Plant communities include sheltered …
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
1/2🧵: A Belly Scratch. 🌎🌿 #SableIsland #SableIslandwx #NSwx #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
Today was pleasant with a light SW breeze of 5-10 kts, & a max temp of 8.4°C. A band stallion, strolling eastward, stopped at driftwood tree trunk on the north beach for a general scratching session – legs, …
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
… In this second photo, two males (still in their winter coats) are walking past a freshwater pond that shows April green along its moist edge.
Photos Zoe Lucas. #NorthAtlantic
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April 25, 2026 at 12:09 AM
3/3: …. Except for traces of winter hair on his rump, the busy stallion was looking grand in his glossy summer coat.
Photo Zoe Lucas.
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June 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
1/3🧵: Holding Sand
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An autumn scene with four #SableIsland horses grazing in the distance on a high inland dune, providing a sense of scale.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Two Furry Yearlings 🌎 #NorthAtlantic #spring #yearlings #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
With the warming temperatures of spring, the Sable Island horses no longer need their woolly winter coats. The youngest horses have the thickest coats to keep their small bodies warm during the cold months,… 🧵1/3
May 22, 2026 at 11:38 PM
3/3…. This seal is sharing the hollow with a horse who is enjoying some warm sunshine out of the wind.
Photo Zoe Lucas.
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April 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
On South Beach. (1/2🧵) #SableIslandwx #NSwx #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
With a SE wind of ~10 kts, & max temp 19.4°C, today was the warmest in July so far. Three Sable Island horses who were walking eastward into the breeze stopped at the water’s edge to look at some horses behind them and …..
July 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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July 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
2/3: ….five males, & they have the green valley – richly vegetated with marram, beach pea, yarrow, cordgrass, & wild rose - all to themselves. (Photo Zoe Lucas) #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable #sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve
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July 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
2/3: ….
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The Sable Island Institute is a not-for-profit and a registered charity. Its ecological research includes study of the horses’ habitat for a better understanding of their life history on Sable Island ….. #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
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July 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
3/3… to it from all directions, creating a starburst pattern.
Photo Zoe Lucas.
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July 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
2/2:… Other horses will move through the landscape during the day, stopping to feed or rest, or visiting waterholes.
Photo Zoe Lucas.
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June 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM