HUNDREDS of people marked the arrival of spring by donning their wellies and greeting the new arrivals at Duchy College Stoke Climsland at the family fun lambing day at the weekend.

Duchy College farms director James Coumbe said: 'It has been a fantastic weekend with lots of people asking questions and exploring the work of the farm here, despite some of the weather. Lambing is an important part of our calendar and we wanted to let the public know what it means and educate them on where their food comes from. As soon as all the people left we started lambing again through the night!'

Visitors were able to enjoy a tractor and trailer ride up to the college's working farm where they were able to hold the new born baby lambs, meet the piglets, see the Devon cattle and explore the new agricultural engineering centre.

Visitor Phil Williams, of Callington, said: 'We've really enjoyed the day – it was well organised and there were plenty of staff on hand to answer questions. It's been a very informative day.'

Throughout the event children were able to enter a number of farm quizzes to win a prize, find out all the facts about sheep, climb on the college's tractors and see all the ducks, goats and more in the animal care department.

Assistant principal of Duchy College Dr Phil Le Grice said: 'It has been a fantastic weekend, full of fun and information. The arrival of spring puts a bounce in the steps of the farming community, it becomes incredibly busy but very rewarding and we are delighted to open up our campus for people to come and explore.'