Gretel, one of only 300 Bagot goats in the country, at Freightliners City Farm

A BABY goat that is one of fewer than 300 in the world has been named following a competition that saw more than 150 people send in suggestions.

The Bagot goat, born at Freightliners City Farm, in Holloway, on July 8, has been named Gretel.

The name was chosen by workers at the farm from a shortlist of 20, which included Gloria, Gladys, Violet, Brigitte – and even Cucumber.

Gretel was the first goat to be born this year at the farm and is likely to be the only new arrival. She joins two other female Bagot goats as part of an initiative with the Rare Breed Survival Trust to increase numbers.

The goat, who was up and walking when just an hour old, lives with mother Gwendolyn and auntie Gertrude, both two years old.

According to the Bagot Goat Society, there were only 296 of the breed in 2016, with none believed to live outside the UK.

The Bagot is thought to be Britain’s oldest breed of goat, with the first documented recording dating from 1389 in Staffordshire, although the goats’ exact origins are unknown.

They are currently categorised by the RBST as “vulnerable” having been on the “critically endangered” watch list in 2010. The city farm, in Sheringham Road, is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 4.45pm.