Opening day of the old coarse fishing season...

Knepp. Eight males recorded, including two feeding on the tracks and two pairs of clashing males, led by this thug who in the space of 15 minutes saw off another male, a Carrion Crow and a Chaffinch, pulverised a Large White a splatted a Purple Hairstreak. #NormalforKnepp.

Other news. PE seen in N Wilts today (Braydon Forest). So far this season (Day 3 nationally), PEs have been seen in Surrey, Hants, W Sussex, Essex and Wilts.