Snowy the white squirrel settles in gardens

Residents spoke of their surprise and delight today at spotting a rare albino squirrel scavenging for nuts in their back gardens.

The red-eyed all-white squirrel, which neighbours have nicknamed Snowy, was first spotted last autumn and is now a regular visitor alongside other normal grey squirrels in Campbell Road, Southsea, Hants.



Only one in 100,000 squirrels are born albino and the condition is caused by a rare gene inherited from the parents.

The gene is not dominant, meaning that an albino squirrel can have grey siblings.