COASTGUARD AND RNLI RESCUE LAMB IN COASTAL FALL DRAMA

WORRIED animal lovers were willing to risk life and limb when a lamb plunged 100ft (30 metres) down a coastal cliff.

- By ANDREW FORGRAVE Countryside and Tourism Editor

The animal was left stranded on a ledge 33ft above the sea at low tide - and only 5ft above the high water mark.

The drama unfolded at Llanbadrig on the north coast of Anglesey, close to the tiny, uninhabited island of Ynys Badrig (Middle Mouse), the northernmost point of Wales.

The lamb had fallen from Llanlleiana Head, a crag-bound hill renowned for its hillfort, tower and the ruins of a porcelain works below.

On learning that walkers were planning to rescue the lamb themselves, coastguards and RNLI volunteers decided to step in.

"The recovery was approved as members of the public were willing to put themselves in danger to rescue the lamb themselves," said a spokesperson for RNLI Moelfre Lifeboat.