The saga of the unusual geese at Falmer continues unabated. Today’s newcomer was genuinely unusual: an almost entirely white greylag goose. The photograph shows the leucistic goose alongside a standard greylag, and as you can see apart from the feather colour, the birds are more or less identical.

Leucistic greylag goose alongside a standard greylag

Leucism is a genetic condition that affect colour pigmentation in the feathers. As you can see, the eyes are not affected (they would be in an albino).

Last week I posted a couple of photos of the local rats on a decaying carp. The carp is still there, and slowly the rats are making progress. It’s been a handsome feast for them.

The rats are slowly consuming the carp

Last, in what is a drastically unthemed blog, a couple of pictures of a badger from last night.

And a treat… a short video clip from the trail camera (now back in movie mode)

Camera note: greylag and rat photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens. The badger was photographed with the EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM lens.