Swallowtail in Hereford/Worcestershire

it344x · Post by **it344x** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:50 am

Hello everybody,
First posting on this forum

Whilst having lunch on saturday we noticed a swallowtail flying outside outside our window. I'm sure that is nothing special, but we live in Worcester and as far as I can tell they are only resident in the Norfolk Broads.

Here are some images plus a small mov ie. It clearly has a damaged left wing but was still able to fly , glide and feed around our house several times.

http://www.mgnastro.org/gifs/swallowtail1.jpg

http://www.mgnastro.org/gifs/swallowtail2.jpg

http://www.mgnastro.org/gifs/P9092099.MOV

regards
Martin
( http://www.mgnastro.org )

Dave R · Post by **Dave R** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:39 am

Sounds special to me

it344x · Post by **it344x** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 3:45 pm

I believe ( I think ) it is not a british type but european ( British are blacker round the edges & this is brown ) .

regards
Martin
( http://www.mgnastro.org )