Lambs

Now that the clocks have gone forward and the evenings are lighter one of the joys of this time of year is an evening walk out of the village where I live to one of the nearby farms to see the lambs. This farm has over 350 ewes that lamb each year and with each one having an average of 2 lambs that's a lot of lambs!
There is something endlessly fascinating about these new lives, whatever they are doing - huddled in a corner of the field trying to keep warm, sitting watching the world go by, frantically wagging their tails as they suckle, running across the fields, headbutting each other, jumping with a 'spring' in their step.



The farmer has a system of keeping the newest lambs closest to the farm, gradually moving them and their mothers to the surrounding fields as they get bigger. Last week, on a walk with friends, we were invited into the lambing shed where the newest lambs are kept for a day or two after they are born just to make sure everything is OK. It was great to chat to the farmer's daughter and to hear that they enjoy the lambing season as much as I do!