Pennine farm witnesses lambing season commence 4 months early

The sound of bleating lambs is not something you would usually associate with autumn, but at one Pennine farm they are hearing just that.  At Elysium Farm near Holmfirth in Yorkshire lambing season has come extraordinarily early and brought with it five Soay lambs, four months ahead of schedule.

Smallholders Peter Crook and Tricia Stewart were shocked to discover the first of the surprise arrivals on the last day of October.  Peter said he could not believe what he was seeing, adding that “farming is full of surprises.”

The couple, who have kept the rare Soay breed for 18 years, said that they had never seen lambs this early ever before and that it was a “real surprise.”