Lambing has been debated at great length tonight, but the lambing season in the upland areas is not long.
In the lambing season especially the sheep are worried.
One might have thought that the number would decrease, but it will increase to 150,000 sheep on 150 farms next spring after the lambing season.
There is not so much danger after the lambing season, but before it the sheep are easily frightened.
One further point is that during the lambing season much the same considerations apply.
Will hill farmers be able to close upland commons and hills during the lambing season?
Farmers do not want to be left high and dry in the lambing season.
The non-availability of the discretion for weekends and bank holidays means that many sheep farmers must apply for exclusions to cover lambing periods.
