Photographer snaps rare 'white' robin

ROBINS are famous for their instantly recognisable red breast, but a photographer and birdwatcher has captured something particularly rare in a wooded area on the edge of Dartmoor - a completely white robin.

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A leucistic robin, captured on camera by James Crook on Henlake Down, near Ivybridge in Devon

(JAMES CROOK)

The bird is known as a leucistic robin and is so rare that only a handful have ever been recorded in Devon.

Leucism is a genetic mutation and occurs in a huge range of animals. The condition causes partial, patchy or total loss of pigmentation.