I haven't managed to see a purple emperor or purple hairstreak this year so headed over to Bernwood forest after I finished school at lunch time. It had been a mostly cloudy morning, but now the sun was appearing from time to time.
With no sightings in the car park, I made for the main track but sadly had no success here either. I did however, see many ringlets, together with large skippers, meadow browns. From time to time a white admiral would appear, also a few silver washed fritillaries. In the field I found my first gatekeeper of the year and a couple of marbled whites.
Back near the carpark I did see a butterfly float across an area of blue sky above some tall trees, I thought it could have been a purple emperor but as I later found a white admiral lower down, I can't be sure.
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