Purple Emperor
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Purple Emperor
Image: © Mark Roberts Taken: 12 Jul 2012
I noted that a contributor on here said there were emperors in the area, and I have seen them too, but you don't often get the chance to photograph them. This one, a small male it appears, was drinking from a sack of ballast that the dogs like to relieve themselves on in the nursery yard, so I had twenty minutes to admire him!
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Image Location
Latitude
51.313818
Longitude
-0.638032