We have two flocks here at Roves. The first to lamb are the Poll Dorset ewes in January. They are very calm and friendly and enjoy all the attention they get at lambing time. Visitors can walk among them and get up close to the lambs. A unique and amazing experience!

Our second flock are the Continental-cross ewes, who lamb in April. They are more nervous than the Poll Dorset breed so not so easy to make friends with! However, you can still view them and their lambs from the walkway. Visitors can also help with bottle feeding some of the lambs when they are a few weeks old (subject to lamb availability).

Lambing lambs

Come and see the lambs this season

Spend some time on our viewing walkway looking out over the lambing shed as the day’s action unfolds. You may be lucky enough to see a lamb or two being born! Our active lambing dates are:

23rd – 28th January 2026. Once all the lambs have arrived you can interact with them and their mum’s in our walk-in family pen. A truly unique experience not to be missed!

Late March – mid-April 2026. The flock can be viewed from the walkway. We do not open a walk-in family pen during this lambing.