Monday, 20 December 2010

No 4...

Marbled Coronet.


Three of these chequered beauties graced my garden this year. They look like a monochrome Mervielle du Jour. Although there were 10 caught in Northumberland in 2010, only 1 in 09, 2 in 08 and none in 07 shows what a scarce species they are. In Northumberland they seem to be a coastal species...

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