The darling cubs of May: Mysterious white fox spotted on Kent farm where iconic TV show was filmed

It is best known as the home of 1990s TV comedy The Darling Buds Of May, which threw a young Catherine Zeta-Jones into the public eye.



But Buss Farm in Kent has now become a stomping ground for a mysterious white fox, which would look more at home on Frozen Planet than the classic TV show.



The albino creature's coat is so white that the farm's owner thought it was a lamb until he saw it chasing down rabbits in his field.



Rarity: The albino fox was spotted last week on a farm in Bethersden, Kent, home to TV show The Darling Buds Of May

It is the complete opposite of a black fox which appeared just weeks ago - four years after the previous sighting of a black fox.



Both of the black foxes - which, according to legend, bring bad luck - were found dead shortly after they were seen.

Roger Holmes, 59, has owned the farm in Bethersden, Kent, where the Larkin family lived in the ITV comedy, since 1972.

'I looked out of the window and thought it was a lamb at first,' he said.



'Then I looked a bit closer and thought it must be a dog and so got the binoculars out and saw that it was a fox.

'It stayed there for about 10 minutes and then ambled off. Then about two hours later it came back again.'

The albino was spotted by farm owner Roger Holmes, who originally though it was a lamb

A black fox - an omen of bad luck - was spotted just a few weeks ago in Hampshire before it was run over by a car

Wildlife expert Owen Leyshon, from the nearby Romney Marsh Countryside Partnership, said although he had heard reports of albino badgers and squirrels, he had never heard anyone mention an albino fox before.



'Albino goes through all creatures. Though a white fox is a rarity, it’s not unheard of,' he said.



'They have a slightly weaker genetic make-up and they tend not to live as long, so if there’s one in a litter of four, it tends to be the one that perishes first.

'They can still live for a number of years but obviously the fur doesn’t help when it comes to hiding from predators - it would stick out like a sore thumb.'