Rare albino squirrel spotted by Dorking children in churchyard

Two children have spotted and photographed a rare albino squirrel in a churchyard.

James, 11, and Jennifer, eight, identified the animal on Monday at St Martin’s Church in Dorking, Surrey, their mother Abigail told the BBC.

Albino squirrels, thought to a one-in-100,000 genetic occurrence, are identified by their white coat with pink eyes.

“I think the people in the churchyard were quite bemused at what we were looking at but the children were really, really excited, especially my son,” Abigail said.