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Albino jackdaw seen at Avebury01/08/2010 13:51:25
Albino jackdaw at Avebury. Photo credit Pete Glastonbury This apparently albino jackdaw was born by the stone circle at Avebury in Wiltshire. Our thanks to Pete Glastonbury who supplied these images. As it appears to live in and around Avebury, there will be lots of 'mystic' jackdaw claims, but there birds and animals with unusual colouration are surprisingly common. ALBINISM, LEUCISM AND OTHER COLOUR VARIATIONS IN ANIMALSLeucism is a very unusual condition whereby the pigmentation cells in an animal or bird fail to develop properly. This can result in unusual white patches appearing on the animal, or, more rarely, completely white creatures. Albinism is a different condition. The easiest way to tell the difference between the two is that in albinism the eyes are usually pink or red, and albinism affects the entire animal, not just patches. Click here to see our gallery of albino and leucistic animals and birds. 
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The BBC has run a photo profile here
news.bbc.co.uk/local/wiltshire/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8901000/8901923.stm
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Posted by: Pete G | 12 Aug 2010 14:45:54