lesser purple emperor in the Loire (1 Viewer)

Steve Babbs

Well-known member

• Jan 23, 2017

• #1

Hi all

Has anyone got any good sites for lesser purple emperor in the Loire? I will be there about the 10th August so I presume it'll be an okay time. Please feel free to PM if you don't feel it's suitable to share details on a public forum.

Regards

Steve

 

stevejelf

Well-known member

• Jan 25, 2017

• #2

Hi
I do not know the Loire but your timing seems right
The Lesser Purple Emperor is not uncommon in France try warm valleys although I have found them in orchards, on dog droppings, the back of my sweaty jeans roosting and basking on Japanese Knotweed
Steve

 

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Welsh Peregrine

Well-known member

• Jan 26, 2017

• #3

That backs up my experience too - it's a species that finds you rather than vice versa. No info from the Loire however, Steve, as I've not been there... K

 

Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• Jan 26, 2017

• #4

Sorry Adam no info from the Loire but I see them easily on my patch in Russia where they are often flushed from puddles on the trail so scan the ground carefully on approach to any damp spots.


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renopaul

Bromborough, Wirral, UK

• Jan 26, 2017

• #5

My 2p worth: they were pretty easy to see on mud on the banks of the Dordogne in August 2016.

Paul

 

Steve Babbs

Well-known member

• Jan 27, 2017

• #6

Thanks for info. I will check suitable habitat and look at damp patches and poo. The one Freyer's purple emperor I've seen was coming down to mud at a river. Doing more research, I am worried that I will be between flight times.

 

Last edited: Jan 27, 2017

Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• Jan 27, 2017

• #7

Sorry Steve, just realised I called you Adam!


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Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• Jan 28, 2017

• #8

Steve Babbs said:

Thanks for info. I will check suitable habitat and look at damp patches and poo. The one Freyer's purple emperor I've seen was coming down to mud at a river. Doing more research, I am worried that I will be between flight times.

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On the wing in Russia from first week in July usually, probably quite a bit earlier in the South.


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Xenospiza

Distracted

• Jan 30, 2017

• #9

No idea where you'll be going exactly, but plenty of locations here:
https://observation.org/soort/view/...&os=0&hide_hidden=0&hide_hidden=1&show_zero=0

 

Steve Babbs

Well-known member

• Jan 30, 2017

• #10

Cheers. At the least it confirms that I have a chance at the time I'll be there.