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Greengrass


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A Robin with a lot of white tail and primary feathers has  been paying the occasional visit. Is this colouration unusual it is not an albino.? 



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Anthony J Bolton
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Hi Tony

It is not unknown for birds to have unusual plumage.  I remember when I was a child many years ago there was always a few blackbirds with large areas of white feathers on them in Staghills Woods.  I saw a blackbird in Bury this year that looked like a ring ousel as well, due its white chest band.  It does make the commoner birds more interesting when it occurs. The BTO have a page for abnormal plumage which you should be able to find from the link below

http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw/about/background/projects/plumage

cheers Kevin

 



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Hi Guys,

I was fortunate enough to see the Willow Warbler on both occasions described in the attached article from Mull birds, quite an amazing story I think. 

 

http://www.mullbirds.com/Leucistuc%20Warbler.html

 

 



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Thanks for the replies gentlemen, the bird is similar to the robin in Derbyshire but has no white on its chin and more on the tail, I'll try and get a photo but I've not seen it for a couple of days, Cheers Tony.



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