I Haven't Seen This Bird......

[ferlew]

...but three weeks ago my hubby told me about a white bird he had seen on the fence. He described it as white with dark speckles, he got out the field handbook "Birds of Britain and Europe", but could find nothing like the one he saw.

My sister was here today, making a cuppa by the kitchen window she also spotted a bird and called me, but by the time I got there it had gone.

She said it was once of the most beautiful birds she had seen, and described it exactly the same as hubby did weeks earlier. She also said white-with black or dark speckles, and about the size of a blackbird.

Does anyone have a clue please?

[shoota]

Fine Till ta, fed up of carrying Mae West around on my shoulders tho....

[ladybirder]

A Pied Blackbird Tilly, looks beautiful:-)

[ferlew]

I just hope I see it, then I'll know for certain.. My eyesight a letter better than hub's or sis'.

[ferlew]

Grrrrr, something keeps wrongly altering my spelling.

[Tilly2]

The picture on my link is a leucistic Blackbird.

[Chipchopper]

I immediately thought of a partially albino blackbird too.
Saw one just yesterday, this one just had a 10p sized area on its back.

[ferlew]

Shown Mr F the pics, and he says yes to the leucistic blackbird. The one he saw was white all over with darker speckles on it's back.

[Chipchopper]

The blackbird that I saw, with the white patch on its back reminded me of one of the fashion slaves that you see walking around the town with the 'North Face' logo on the back of their black puffer jackets.
Or maybe they just get dive-bombed by the elusive 'misile thrush ;-)

[ferlew]

Mae West shoota? Do tell.

[Chipchopper]

Don't know about a Mae West, I've needed a sou'wester around here lately ;-)

[ferlew]

Update....
Another sighting this morning by Mr F...it stayed long enough for him to get a very long look.
He can see now it is indeed a blackbird.
Pure white all over, including the beak, with just a few scattered darker feathers on the back.
I have primed the camera ready, and left it on the windowsill in case it comes again and Mr F can get a shot of it.

[Chipchopper]

Hope you get lucky, I would love to see it.
Good Luck.