Police have come to the aid of a farmer to rescue his sheep who were stuck on the edge of a cliff for 11 days following Storm Emma.
Last Wednesday (13 March), both the Tayside Police Division Mountain Rescue Team and Tayside Mountain Rescue Team came to the aid of a shepherd and his flock in Glen Lednock near Comrie.
After the severe weather Storm Emma brought upon much of the UK, the shepherd struggled to gather his sheep together.
The storm had driven them far and wide across the Glen, according to Tayside Police.
Two of his sheep had become "crag-fast" on a short cliff in Glen Lednock and had been stuck on a tiny ledge for 11 days, unable to move to safety.
Mountain police and rescue teams attended and safely rescued the sheep from the crag, which saved the local land-workers putting themselves in harm's way.
Although shaken by the ordeal, both sheep were reunited with the farmer.
'Repaying the favour'
Constable Paul Morgan, Deputy Leader of the Police Mountain Rescue Team said the police wanted to "repay the favour" back to farmers, who kept the roads open and clean during the severe weather.
He said: "Although this type of incident is not common for us, given the nature of the location and our concerns for both the shepherd and animals, we were more than willing to lend a hand in an environment we are more than comfortable in.
"Given how much assistance farmers had given Police all over the country in recent weeks following 'Storm Emma,' where they helped keep roads open and dug out countless stranded motorists, this seemed a very fitting way of repaying the favour."
The Met Office issued a red warning for snow – the highest level of warning – for parts of the UK during Storm Emma.
The amount of livestock killed due the severe weather is said to be the "worst in living memory".
