Sound of sheep gathering in the morning on hot islands (7)
I believe the answer is:
bahamas
'islands' is the definition.
(island nation)
'sound of sheep gathering in the morning on hot' is the wordplay.
'sound of sheep' becomes 'baa' (sound made by a sheep).
'gathering in the morning' becomes 'mas' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' is an insertion indicator (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'baa'+'mas'='baamas'
'baamas' placed around 'h' is 'BAHAMAS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bahamas that I've seen before include "Islands east of Florida and Cuba;" , "Group of islands in th west Indies" , "Island group between Haiti and Florida" , "Island group near Florida" , "holiday destination" .)