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The event, which will take place from April 26 to May 11, will allow visitors to see new arrivals at the farm. Visitors will be able to see lambs, piglets, goat kids, calves, and chicks take their first steps and explore their surroundings. Piglet at Home Farm at Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire.
(Image: National Trust/Wimpole Estate) Piglets asleep at Home Farm. (Image: Mike Selby) A Calf at Home Farm. (Image: Mike Selby) Emma Warner, farm manager at the National Trust's Wimpole Estate, said: "Having always celebrated lambing time here at Wimpole Estate, this spring it will be exciting to be able to show off all of the many new arrivals on the farm at once.
"I really enjoy sharing this busy and exciting time with our visitors, as we follow the stories of all of our farmyard families." Lambs on hay at Home Farm, Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire. (Image: Mike Selby) Bagot Goat and Kid at Home Farm.
(Image: Mike Selby) The farm, built in 1794, is the only in-hand farm of its kind in the National Trust and serves as a working model for sustainable agriculture. As one of the UK’s largest centres for rare breeds, Wimpole plays a vital role in the conservation of traditional livestock, including Irish Moiled and Shetland cattle, Oxford Sandy and Black pigs, Bagot goats, and rare-breed sheep. Springing to Life lamb at Home Farm, Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire.
(Image: Elliot Neale) Oxford Sandy and Black Piglets at Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire. (Image: Elliot Neale) These animals can be seen in the paddocks, grazing in the parkland, or nestled in the traditional farmyard..
