Vagrant Emperor at the Paget

At about 12.30pm I had call from Rob H, saying he had just found a female Vagrant Emperor at the Paget, I met him a few minutes later and sure enough a stunning female Vagrant was perched on an outside wall. It was very overcast, cloudy with some light rain but I managed to get a few shots using flash. The female Vagrant Emperor was perched against the wall, around 4 feet above the ground. At one pint it shimmered its wings as if it was about to fly. But it remained perched and when I walked past later at 3.30pm it was still perched there.