A rare white deer has been spotted by a photographer, who called it a "magical" experience.

Photographs show the small, white deer running through fields with – what appears to be – its brown coloured mother before it leaps through a hedge and runs across a road.

The images were captured by Christine Crook, who said: "Never seen a white deer before, it was rather special."

Mrs Crook does not wish to reveal the exact location to prevent any harm coming to the animal.

Mrs Crook explained her brother had seen the deer a few days prior and so she drove out to see if she could spot it too.

She described the deer as "absolutely beautiful" and a "such a lovely sight to see".

She said: "It was magical. I have always heard about them and how rare they are but to see one was wonderful.

"It was a moment I will tick off my bucket list."

Fiona Livingstone called the white deer in the pictures "a real live white hart", in an ode to the personal badge of Richard II – a white stag.

The British Deer Society states that most white deer are usually fallow, a species that is widely distributed across much of the UK and for which white is a recognised colour variety.

However, white fallow are not seen as often as the other three main colour types of common, menil and black.

The Society adds that white colourations have also been noted in other deer species in the UK.

True albino deer have also been recorded but their sightings are extremely rare.

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