Three million cheers! - to quote Arthur Ransome's infamous Captain Nancy Blackett (of Amazon's fame) - the Norfolk Broads have finally come out and declared themselves Purple. Liz Goodyear saw a female crossing Hoveton Little Broad today.
This is Butterfly Sighting of the Year 2024 (the fact that Liz was taking part in a sailing race at the time is secondary)... The realisation of my dream of watching Apatura iris versus Papilio machaon britannicus (males) has taken a big step forward.
Elsewhere, four males were seen today at Knepp, W Sussex, including three together (around an oak sap feeder tree), and 2 males and a female near Bicester in Oxon.
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