FAMILIES can enjoy a unique springtime experience at Reaseheath College in Nantwich.

The college, which is near the Shropshire border in Nantwich, will be holding lambing weekends during the last weekend of February and the first weekend in March.

Preparations are well in hand for the college’s popular lambing events and the campus zoo will also be open to the public.

Reaseheath’s lambing weekends have been a community highlight for over 20 years and attract thousands of visitors eager to meet the new arrivals and hopefully see births in the lambing sheds.

The college has a flock of 460 in-lamb ewes and around 1,000 lambs are expected over a three-week period.

A big screen will show highlights of the action and experts will be on hand to demonstrate the special care required for fostering lambs.

Children are encouraged to watch and learn as lambs are bottle fed and given health checks, and many enjoy the experience so much that they return year after year.

Families will also have the chance to see some of the animals in Reaseheath’s zoo, which include meerkats, lemurs, tapirs, otters, birds of prey and companion animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs.

There will be children’s arts and craft sessions and other fun activities along with educational talks by Reaseheath zoo keepers.

A family ticket for two adults and three children, for both attractions is £25. For further details see reaseheath.ac.uk/lambing or phone 01270 613215.