OAPs Now...

Knepp's males are now OAPs, but they're still fearless and utterly amoral. Here's two from today, one getting plastered on oak sap, the other on territorial red alert -

Incredibly, we saw a freshly emerged - virgin - female, who was not spotted by two or three patrolling males, surely the last of the mighty 2018 Knepp emergence -

One or two sallows here are starting to show signs of drought.  The first leaves to yellow are the small sub-canopy sprays which the females favour for egg laying. Has anyone else noticed this?