14 DAY TRIAL // Bird watching enthusiasts will be glad to hear that a rare albino jackdaw has recently been spotted in South Wales.
The bird, shown in the picture above, is entirely white. Wildlife researchers explain that jackdaws are normally black, and that its peculiar body color probably caused this little fellow to be rejected by others of its kind.
They also say that, in order for a jackdaw to be born an albino, it has to inherit the gene for this condition from both its parents.
Sources say that the bird was caught on camera by Joseph Atkin, the head gardener at Aberglasney Gardens in Carmarthenshire.
“I was quite taken aback by the pure white bird which at first I thought was a dove.”
“When I realized that it was in fact an albino jackdaw I quickly took a picture with my mobile phone. I've certainly never seen one before,” Joseph Atkin told the press.