Wet weather devastating for lambing in Scotland, farmers say

According to the Met Office the UK provisionally recorded 445.8mm of rainfall this winter – which is 129% of the 1991-2020 average and the eighth wettest winter.

Its rainfall map, external shows that much of north east Scotland was particularly wet, with Moray, Aberdeenshire and Angus all hit with rainfall well above the seasonal average.

Ms Wordie, who is based near Huntly, said: “It’s just been constant. We’re now into April and we’re still getting it – it’s still cold, it’s still wet.

“We can’t get any work done, we can’t get any ploughing done, we can’t get our crops in the ground, everything is starting to pile up.

“It’s becoming really challenging. Every day you’re dreading to think what’s going to happen, how bad it’s going to be. It plays on your mind a lot.”