Briefly, because of the football...
Large parts of The Empire were clouded off today, with rain spreading in from the SW, again... nothing flew today in Wilts & Glos, for example.
Morning sunshine in Northants saw some good action in Fermyn Woods, with fresh males coming down to the rides, as they are so want to do there. David Jenner saw 15 males there today, all bar one on the ground.
Knepp had a day of warm cloud and good sunny spells. Neil led group walks in the morning and afternoon. These saw 13 and 15 males respectively. This, and the fact that Ben's surviving pupae up the road are starting to hatch, suggests lateness rather than severe collapse, though this is clearly not a good year for the Emperor at and around Knepp (it never was going to be, after the sallows wilted in the district last August).
Five males around a master tree near Bicester during a short sunny spell there (Wendy & Mick Campbell).
Nothing else.
The weather's set to improve from Tues, and it better...
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