A rare, white rhinoceros calf is delighting many at the Cotswold Wildlife Park in England.

Keepers say enterprising Markus is one of just five rare calfs to be born in Europe this year.

A park keeper was able to capture the recent birth on camera - a rare event as they normally happen at night.

Mother Nancy carried her offspring for 16 months - a gestation period that is one of the longest ones for a land mammal.

The park says Markus is bonding well with Nancy, and that she is looking after her seventh calf like an "exceptional" mum.

The little rhino was named after Markus Borner, who played a vital role in restoring Tanzania’s black rhino population.

White rhinos are now the most common of the five rhinoceros species.

However, poaching in the last five years is once again threatening their numbers in the wild.