The Emperor flies this time of year - In Fermyn Woods, Northamptonshire...
The Fermyn Wood complex has hit its stride this week following the spell of hot weather coupled with clear blue skies after early morning cloud has dispersed.
Many people are making their way straight to Lady wood and Souther wood, past the logging operations that have taken place on the ride from the glider club entrance all the way to Sling's Nook. It is a long walk in the heat but the rewards are that it is almost certain that you will view some lovely pristine males on the ground, where Neil Hulme's bait is proving a very effective attraction to these insects, even when dry. The added bonus is that the females are also showing now, and Neil will shortly be posting some marvellous pictures of a pair in cop on the ground in Ladywood located around four PM on Thursday 28 June. If you are not fortunate enough to be able to visit during the week, it is this weekend that will prove popular and therefore very busy. Leave it later and you may miss the best of the action - on the ground. Don't forget that it is worth going off the tracks and down the rides to the deer hides, turn right and survey the oaks and sallows for aerial acrobatics!
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