CLIFF HANGER

COASTGUARD AND RNLI RESCUE LAMB

- Andrew Forgrave

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

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.