{"id":23256,"date":"2015-04-13T23:52:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T22:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=23256"},"modified":"2015-04-13T23:52:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T22:52:42","slug":"leucistic-greylag-and-more-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/leucistic-greylag-and-more-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Leucistic Greylag and more wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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Leucistic greylag goose alongside a standard greylag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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).<\/p>\n

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

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The rats are slowly consuming the carp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last, in what is a drastically unthemed blog, a couple of pictures of a badger from last night.<\/p>\n

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And a treat… a short video clip from the trail camera (now back in movie mode)<\/p>\n