Dan Procter set up the web camera at Marlfield Farm, after a colleague told him he had done something similar with hens in his back garden.

But he admits he never thought "Lambcam" would capture people's imaginations as it has.

"People love watching the lambs skipping about and we had over 5,000 hits on the website one day, with never less than 3,000 the rest of the time," said Dan.

Click here to see live coverage from the Lamb Cam

The BBC North West Tonight programme has featured the website on a number of occasions and this week a camera crew joined weather girl Dianne on the farm itself.

Dan, who works as a web developer during the day, was shown helping his dad Howard with some early morning lambings. His mum, Lynda, and brother, Ben, also featured.

"Obviously with the broadcast going out live, we didn't get chance to see the programme, but we recorded it and watched it later on in the evening," said Dan.

"And I have to say we were thrilled with how it all went and looked, with one small moan in that we are actually in Earby, not Barnoldswick, as the programme said!"

Click here to see the website at Marlfield Farm

The "Lambcam" website invites people to comment on the web cam coverage and Dan said it had been great to read about the pleasure people had got from watching the lambs in the field.

"We have had comments from abroad as well as all over the UK, with a number of people, including one woman from Spain, saying they had grown up in the area and how good it was to see the beautiful scenery again," said Dan.

"It is such a pleasure to get comments like this. It has made life a little more busy during lambing time, but its all exciting stuff."