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29-08-2008, 09:31 PM
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| | | Have you ever seen a white moorhen?
I went to Lakeland Wild Animal yesterday and there was a WHITE moorhen. It had a normal coloured chick with another normal moorhen!
I have never seen this before!  
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29-08-2008, 11:28 PM
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| | | Re: Have you ever seen a white moorhen?
They are not albino's as they don't have the pink eyes, but I believe they are known as Leucistic, which is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation and albinism, it is caused by a reduction in all types of skin pigments.
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30-08-2008, 12:32 AM
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Wow, it took me a few secs to work out what it was!! Well done on the images; there can't be too many like that!! 
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30-08-2008, 10:42 AM
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Hi all ..
There was an article on this very subject in Birdwatching Magazine a couple of months ago (I'll see if I can find it) ..
The article said that Leucistic Moorhens seemed particularly common in the Peterborough area, that lots had been seen .. though they didn't speculate as to why this should be so ..
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31-08-2008, 06:39 PM
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| | | Re: Have you ever seen a white moorhen?
There used to be a pair of white coots at Farlington Marshes in Hants. Very strange, made you look twice.
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31-08-2008, 07:38 PM
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| | | Re: Have you ever seen a white moorhen?
A great pic of the Moorhen. Hope it avoids any predators!
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31-08-2008, 08:46 PM
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| | | Re: Have you ever seen a white moorhen?
Great pics.
I saw one at Slimbridge last year, he got quite an audience  |
31-08-2008, 09:22 PM
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| | | Re: Have you ever seen a white moorhen?
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Originally Posted by stephen p  Great pics.
I saw one at Slimbridge last year, he got quite an audience | Thanks, Stephen! Ever since I saw the pic that KeenTeen17 posted I have been racking my brains as to where I had seen a white Moorhen! It was February 2007 when I went to see the Starling roost at Slimbridge!Cheers! I can sleep peacefully now! 
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31-08-2008, 09:40 PM
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I saw this little chap at Slimbridge last February, probably the same as you've seen Pam and Stephen? Although not completely white it was a nice looking bird, and stood out like a sore thumb amongst the usual Moorhens. 
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01-09-2008, 03:26 PM
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Another unique Moorhen! He seems to have black roots or something!
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