{"id":344768,"date":"2025-12-31T14:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/344768\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T14:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:07:10","slug":"camera-club-white-squirrel-photographed-in-queens-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/344768\/","title":{"rendered":"Camera Club: White squirrel photographed in Queen&#8217;s Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Argus Camera Club member Claire Andrews photographed the unusual animal after noticing its pale coat and striking pinkish eyes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While it may look almost magical, the squirrel is believed to be an albino grey squirrel, a rare genetic variant caused by a lack of pigment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Glimpse of rare white squirrel adds magic to winter stroll in city park. (Image: Claire Andrews)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In one particularly striking shot, the squirrel can be seen clutching a chestnut, adding to the appeal of the encounter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Such sightings are uncommon, making the encounter all the more special for park visitors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Claire&#8217;s images are a reminder that Brighton&#8217;s green spaces continue to offer surprising glimpses of wildlife, even in the heart of the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Argus Camera Club member Claire Andrews photographed the unusual animal after noticing its pale coat and striking pinkish&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-344768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}