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White Red deer are rare in the UK, with only a handful of sightings in the wild reported over the last few decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The white colour is explained by leucism<\/a>, a unique condition that has resulted in their hair and skin losing its natural colour. White Red deer are not albino – in fact, the chances of a pure albino deer being born are about 1 in 20,000, according to John Bates, Wisconsin Northwoods naturalist and co-author of White Deer: Ghosts of the Forest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In certain cultures around the world, stories and myths have been told for centuries about white deer. Striking in appearance, the white stag or hart, often appeared in stories relating to the forests around King Arthur\u2019s court, sending the knights on adventures against gods and fairies. One fable relates how King Arthur arrived at Sir Pellinore\u2019s Well, a magical site, without his hunting party or his horse after pursuing a white deer. The white stag was also the heraldic symbol of England\u2019s King Richard II and even makes an appearance in Harry Potter as Harry\u2019s Patronus Charm!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

White Red deer are rare in the UK, with only a handful of sightings in the wild reported over the last few decades. The white colour is explained by leucism, a unique condition that has resulted in their hair and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":90,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\nAbout White Deer | Sky Park Farm, West Sussex | Deer Farm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"White Red deer are rare in the UK, with only a handful of sightings in the wild reported over the last few decades.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/about-us\/about-white-deer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About White Deer | Sky Park Farm, West Sussex | Deer Farm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"White Red deer are rare in the UK, with only a handful of sightings in the wild reported over the last few decades.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/about-us\/about-white-deer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sky Park Farm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-18T14:43:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"spf_admin\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sky Park Farm\",\"description\":\"Educational deer park for visitors\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/about-us\/about-white-deer\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/about-us\/about-white-deer\/\",\"name\":\"About White Deer | Sky Park Farm, West Sussex | Deer Farm\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-20T12:40:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-18T14:43:56+00:00\",\"description\":\"White Red deer are rare in the UK, with only a handful of sightings in the wild reported over the last few decades.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/about-us\/about-white-deer\/\"]}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461\/revisions\/463"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skyparkfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}