December Winner: Markulous and Year Winner: Wild Canon

Congratulations to Markulous on winning the final competition of 2009 and Wild Canon on winning the overall competition for the year!

The top 3 members this year were:

1st - Wild Canon (80 votes)
2nd - Markulous (40 votes)
3rd - Keith (33 votes)

Congratuations to all three of you and also a big thanks to everyone who entered this year. If you'd like to know your score then please contact Jamie.

As you know, this was Jamie's last month running the competition so a huge thank you to him from everyone at the forum. He's run the competition brilliantly and I'm sure you'll agree it's been a big success.

There will be no January competition this year but hopefully we should have something sorted for February.

Thanks and happy new year!

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Richard Wrote:
Is there actually a difference between "white" squirrels and albinos? I like others would automatically assume a white squirrel was albino,


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yes there is - albinoism and leucism

An albino squirrel ( or any other animal ) the entire pigment is lost over the entire animal. This causes the eyes to be pink or red.

In a leucistic squirrel only some of the pigment is lost, this can cause white patches ( or feathers in birds ) or can cause it to be all white - but the eyes are the normal dark colour.

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Xeract Wrote:
After a bit of research, it seems that by far the place your most likely to see them is in Surrey (although I've never seen one in my time there) as they seem to be quite common. According to statistics on the internet the chance of an albino squirrel is about 1 in 100000 meaning that either there is a huge number of squirrels in Surrey or that there has been some sort of random change in one family that means they are more likely to be albino.

As for the difference between "white" and "albino", in a short time searching I couldn't see anywhere describing a white squireel that wasn't albino.


I have "Two" that live/play in a tree out my back garden. If the odds are that high, then to have two would be almost impossible, therefore maybe they are indeed "White Squirrels"

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riana Wrote:
Does anyone know where I can see a white squirrel? Is it just luck and they are not really more likely to be found in any place more than another, or is there somewhere that they are more likely to be? I've heard that there are white quirrels and albino, but I'm not sure if there really is a difference.

Also does anyone know how many there are? I would love to see one.


I saw two white squirrels today at Pinchingthorpe Guisborough Cleveland. Not sure yet if there are albinos or whites.

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Does anyone know where I can see a white squirrel? Is it just luck and they are not really more likely to be found in any place more than another, or is there somewhere that they are more likely to be? I've heard that there are white quirrels and albino, but I'm not sure if there really is a difference.

Also does anyone know how many there are? I would love to see one.
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riana Wrote:
Does anyone know where I can see a white squirrel? Is it just luck and they are not really more likely to be found in any place more than another, or is there somewhere that they are more likely to be? I've heard that there are white quirrels and albino, but I'm not sure if there really is a difference.

Also does anyone know how many there are? I would love to see one.


I saw two white squirrels today at Pinchingthorpe Guisborough Cleveland. Not sure yet if there are albinos or whites.


Hi I have seen a white squirrel in Badby Woods in Northamptonshire: I took my sister for a walk in the woods yesterday and she was lucky enough to see it too ............... they are very white and really beautiful.

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