This morning, we woke to discover that Nellie or Tippet had lambed. We thought that maybe Nellie was going to lamb soon, and very nearly brought her in last night, but decided against it. From a distance, it wasn't really very clear what had happened.

On closer inspection however, it was clear that both lambs were Nellie's, but since they had been born in the field, Tippet was keen to claim one for herself. Much bleating later, both lambs are now safely penned with Nellie to increase the bonding process and avoid "mis-mothering" - Tippet is still bleating! Hopefully she'll have her own lambs soon (although we're not entirely sure that she will).

The other lambs are doing well (and busy exploring outside now that their home as been invaded). Plus they now even have proper names - #27.1 is now 'Sawyer'

And #27.2 is now 'Kate'

Everybody seems to be doing well, and since the lambs were getting milk, it seemed only fair to give #27 a biscuit (you might have to look closely - they don't last long!)

An about an hour later, #27.1 has a sister - please meet #27.2.

You can keep an eye on the whole #27 family over on the LambCam

Well 'Number 27' has finally delivered - it was a little drawn out and we were beginning to get a little worried that we'd need to give her a helping hand!

You can keep an eye on #27 and #27.1 (name coming soon) over on the LambCam

LambCam is back for 2007, currently in the basic form from last year, but hopefully I might find some time to do something a little more interesting at the weekend.

This year, things are a little less organised - we don't have precise dates like we have before, and that's not really helping much. For a couple of weeks now we've been checking on the sheep looking for any sign that something might be about to happen.

It looks to us like the current star (known to us as 'Number 27', but her friends call her 'baaa') could be due today - she's been a bit restless and has come into the stable several times during the night (we've been leaving them free to roam outside, rather than penning them up). This morning we decided to keep her in so we (and you, through the power of the internet!) can keep a closer eye on events.

You can check on her progress over on the LambCam.