Hello Everyone, Just after Update no 24 was emailed out, Bill Cove informed me of the first confirmed sighting of a Purple Emperor in Derbyshire this year – it was seen on a driveway near to Ticknall in the South of the County on the 24th of June 2025. The site is roughly half way between the Bretby and Aston on Trent sightings in 2024.It is somewhat ironic that I collected my Green Apple Environmental Silver Award from Kate Allies of South Derbyshire District Council on the 23rd of June 2025 a result of the J V with them on the ‘Sallows for the Purple Emperor’ project that I instigated during the winter of 2023/2024. It is great when a project comes to fruition!
Keep those eyes peeled and send me your Iris sightings preferably with photographic evidence please!
