White Swallow.

[kenny sloan]

.While on the river spotted what i thought was a white dove dipping and diving over the river, however it turned out to be a White Swallow (not Albino) first one i have ever seen ,appear to be quite rare .

[Mike J]

Wow!
That is a first in my experience.
Copyright the photographs before anyone nicks it!

I had a melanistic gull, it caused quite a stir at a Euro wide Conference on gulls, the only other report was from Russia.

[davelumb]

Well spotted.

[Will Smith]

Very nice Kenny, great photos, do you reckon it is a parent bird of the two chick to the left ? They look like they are needing to be fed.

Will.

[davelumb]

"Copyright the photographs before anyone nicks it!"

Copyright exists as soon as a photo is taken.

It doesn't stop people nicking* the pics from the web though.


* Strictly speaking it's not theft, it's copyright infringement if the pic is reused without permission.

[alan behenna]

Well Done! Great picture and right time right place etc.

Never seen one and would be unsure "what" I was looking at.

[davelumb]

Very nice Kenny, great photos, do you reckon it is a parent bird of the two chick to the left ? They look like they are needing to be fed.

Will.

The leucistic one looks like a juvenile to me. The parents hover to feed them when they are perched like that.

[Andrew]

Thats great kenny

[kenny sloan]

Very nice Kenny, great photos, do you reckon it is a parent bird of the two chick to the left ? They look like they are needing to be fed.

Will.

Hi Will , yes there are 5 young swallows in total interesting to see them been fed in flight ,i will post video up in video section .

[wid]

Stunning, fantastic pictures

[Roy.SV]

Blimey, just seen your photo Kenny, never seen or even heard of a white swallow before.

[ChrisWales]

Maybe add a watermark right across it if posting it on the internet (if people nicking it bothers you)

[Freako]

Great pic Kenney, never seen one either.