Stray Whitehaven sheep are reunited with owner after weeks

The stray sheep, including two ewes and four lambs, have been seen at various locations in and around Moresby in recent weeks, visiting the grounds of Moresby Hall Hotel and on land between St Bridget's Church, Moresby, and Lowca village.

St Bridget's Church began a mission to track down the sheep's owner in recent days and were able to see the sheep reunited with their owner yesterday (June 17).

There were two ewes and four lambs (Image: St Bridget's Church)

A spokesperson for the church shared that the owner had come to collect the sheep and secured the area of their field that they escaped from.

They said: "Thank you so much to everyone who found time to respond to our appeal to reunite the stray Herdwick sheep with their farmer.

"Today the sheep were rounded up by him and moved back into the field with the rest of the flock."

St Bridget's Church is now sheep-free (Image: St Bridget's Church)

DEFRA had been contacted about the matter (Image: St Bridget's Church)

They added: "Thankfully there have been no accidents and we can move forward from this now.

"The farmer has given us a phone number to enable us to contact him should this happen again."

Local farms were contacted to identify the ear tagged sheep, with the church also issuing a social media appeal for information.

The sheep had been eating flowers from around the churchyard, including by graves (Image: St Bridget's Church)

The sheep have been spotted around Lowca village and in the grounds of Moresby Hall Hotel (Image: St Bridget's Church)

The sheep had been seen eating grass around the churchyard, as well as flowers from gravesides following their escape.