New arrivals include 26 lambs, baby chicks and piglets. Children have been excited to see cute little lambs frolicking in the sunshine as the 40-acre working farm reopened to the public after the long lockdown winter. “We’ve welcomed 26 healthy little lambs and they are already skipping round the lambing shed,” said Elly Edwards, Tatton Park farm assistant and resident sheep expert. “We are so pleased with how lambing has gone. It’s our absolute favourite time of year, helping to bring new life into the world and we’re just delighted to be open again so everyone can enjoy the lambs.”
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A total of 75 native UK livestock and poultry breeds – including the cattle breed behind the world’s first vaccine – have been identified as ‘high priority’ lines on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust’s new watchlist.
The RBST works across the UK to save and safeguard the future of rare and native livestock and equine breeds, and its watchlist is the annual situation report for these breeds.
The methodology behind the list has also been updated this year to give a more encompassing view of each breed’s outlook, reflecting measures of the genetic diversity within each breed – rather than simply counting the number of breeding females registered, as was previously used.
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