Wonderful to see my first Emperor of 2025 today at Knepp: 2 males, squabbling (and eviscerating an early Purple Hairstreak) half way down Green Lane (the oak canopy gap just N of Green Lane Pond, for those who know Knepp, it's a Primary Territory). Here's His Bossiness -
However, the early part of the afternoon was cloudy, and a trifle windy, and I had to finish early to meet Knepp's lovely volunteers. Tomorrow should see the first decent emergence of the year here...
Emperors have also been seen in Alice Holt Forest, Hants/Surrey border, and at Havering Country Park (NE edge of Gtr London), by Laurence Drummond.
Here's the data for the first Emperors at Knepp -
2014 18th June 2020 13th June
2015 30th June 2021 2nd July
2016 27th June 2022 16th June
2017 15th June 2023 20th June
2018 17th June 2024 17th June
2019 25th June 2025 15th June
So, mid-June is new-normal!
More anon...
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