On the evening of 12th August 2010, while looking for late-nesting Barn Owls Tyto alba near Alnwick, Northumberland, we came across this stunning albino Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica. Seen first flying with other Swallows over farmland, it then landed on a fence whereupon a Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus appeared, to 'examine' the bird - no doubt it was as shocked by the Swallow's appearance as...
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