Do not worry, you are not seeing double and you are not going nuts.

This is indeed a picture of two of the rarest squirrels in the world sharing the same tree.

The albino squirrels were spotted by retired housewife Josie Atkins as she sat down to have tea with a friend in her Wallington home.

As she looked outside, stunned to see one white squirrel, another came hopping over the fence and the two began to play with each other.

Mrs Atkins, 74, said: “I feel quite privileged to have them come to my garden.

“I love having all the wildlife visit our garden and having two rare white squirrels is amazing.

“They play with the grey ones too and are starting to get a bit more friendly.

“They have learned how to use the nut feeders and run along the washing lines just like the other squirrels.

Albino squirrels do not live long due to their bright colour, which is easily spotted by predators.

They have pink eyes and the albinism is caused by a melanin deficiency.

Only 10 in every 1m squirrels are born with albinism.

Mrs Atkins said: “I hope that they stay around.

“I understand they can be a bit of a target for predators but the foxes in my garden used to eat out of our hands so hopefully they’ll be safe.”

Despite being very rare rodents they have been popping up around south London for the past 100 years.

A recent visitor to the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill discovered a stuffed one in a display case from Purley, Croydon, dating back to 1890.

Albinism is caused by a group of inherited genes.

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