Struggled to see Emperors at Knepp today. It was too windy, yet again, but the two sap run trees which had been heavily favoured these last few days both drew blank, and most of the favoured male territories were empty too. Sap runs can suddenly switch off.
Conclusion: both sexes got so plastered during the football last night that they took the day off, hungover. I can't think of any other explanation...
The best I managed from today was this photo of a female sapping next to a Red Ad on the feeder tree next to the tree platform down Green Lane -
Tomorrow's my last day here. Need to finish on an almighty high...
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