Unusual colouring in roe deer

purdey24

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Was out this evening looking for a buck and came across a doe with the usual two well grown young but one of them had a large amount of pure white coat.
The rear haunches were covered in a saddle shape and also large parts of the rear legs.
I have never seen anything like this before in a roe and just wondered if anyone else has.
 
i'm also in fife and part white roe appear from time to time. there are a couple of pics in my gallery.
 
seen roe in cumbria/lancashire boarder with white legs, one had white on all four legs upto the knee joints.
 
On a recent trip to some new ground in dumfries I clocked a young roe kid with white haunches and a white face. Mentioned it to the keeper who must have thought I was mad. Hoping he has seen it himself by now!

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Daverl, your photograph of the skewbald buck behind the fence is exactly like the one that I saw.
Perhaps they are not so uncommon after all.
 
i've seen about 6 or 7 with varying amounts of white on them over the years but the one in the photo has the most.
 
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