Clarkson’s Farm have introduced a new animal to their farm for 2026. Picture: Alamy

Jeremy Clarkson has introduced the latest addition to Diddly Squat following the tragic loss of one of their beloved animals.

Jeremy Clarkson is getting ready to release the latest season of his hugely popular TV show Clarkson’s Farm but that’s not before he’s introduced us to a new member.

With a herd of cows, the famous pigs (who could forget Richard Ham?) and two dogs Sansa and Arya – the 65-year-old already has his hands full when it comes to animals.

Taking to Instagram at the beginning of March, Jeremy shared the newest Diddly Squat member, Ben the donkey.

Alongside a picture, he wrote: “Please welcome to Diddly Squat. New Ben.”

Jeremy Clarkson has quite the collection of animals on Diddly Squat now. Picture: Alamy

The farm already had a donkey called Ben, who was sent there in June 2025 to retire alongside his mate. However, sadly, Jeremy has confirmed his passing.

In his column for The Sun, he wrote: “After seven months of lockdown, Diddly Squat farm became officially TB-free this week. But before we had a chance to celebrate, we found out that one of our donkeys has laminitis and must be put down.”

Laminitis is a serious condition that affects the hooves of the animals and can be extremely painful for the animal.

Jeremy added: “In farming, it seems you are allowed one bit of good news, but it must always be accompanied by some kind of disaster.”

Fans of Clarkson’s Farm and Jeremy’s antics in the Cotswolds are getting excited for the upcoming series of the Amazon Prime Video show.

With season 4 released on May 23rd, 2025, many are hoping for a similar air date for series 5, however, the former Top Gear host has confirmed it’s likely there will be a delay.

Writing in his Sunday Times column, Jeremy said: “There’s no filming happening on the farm at the moment, or farming.

“It hasn’t stopped raining since the beginning of the year, so I can’t plant anything, and I can’t do anything with my cows either because we are still locked down by TB.”

Despite filming complications for the upcoming series, Amazon and Jeremy have confirmed another season will happen in 2027 too.

At the end of 2025, Jeremy said: “I’ve got a good idea for six. I said I’ll stop doing them when there are no more ideas. But I’ve got two quite good ones, so we’ll do six and then we’ll see…”