Vagrant Emperor, Sussex (1 Viewer)

birdboybowley

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• Oct 1, 2018

• #1

My brother Matthew sent me the attached photo today - taken at his workplace in Lancing! To quote: 'it was just chillin' on one of the containers'....! What a lucky git!!! :eek!:

 

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aeshna5

Well-known member

• Oct 2, 2018

• #2

Very nice. Have seen plenty overseas but would love to see one here. There do seem to have increased in occurrence in the last few years here.

 

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AKETTLE

Adrian Kettle

• Oct 2, 2018

• #3

Any sign today?
Any further news would be appreciated.
Thanks Adrian

 

birdboybowley

Well-known member.....apparently so ;)

• Oct 2, 2018

• #4

Fraid not Ade

 

pdwinter

Paul Winter

• Oct 3, 2018

• #5

I've just spent nearly 5 weeks in southern spain and only saw Vagrant Emperor on 2 occasions. Last September they seemed to be everywhere from mid September and there was a small influx into the UK. Plenty of time yet, though.

 

pdwinter

Paul Winter

• Oct 6, 2018

• #6

A female Vagrant Emperor was found by John Langmaid in his Southsea (Hants) moth trap yesterday (05.10.18) morning.

 

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aeshna5

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• Oct 21, 2018

• #7

Amazingly at least 10 reported from Goonhilly Downs, Lizard in Cornwall yesterday with 3 pairs in tandem ovipositing. A great photo of one of the pairs on the Atropos migrant page. This must be a record number for a site in the UK? With the usually mild conditions in Cornwall it will be interesting to see if these attempts bring any success!

Also 2 Red-veined Darters there.

 

Tiraya

San Diego CA

• Oct 21, 2018

• #8

This post is reminding me to brush up on my emperors whenever I return to the UK...actually, I don't even have sight records of the more common species!

 

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Britseye

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• Oct 26, 2018

• #9

After having struggled to pin down a possible VE on St Agnes over a 48-hour period two weeks ago, a very exciting thing happened to me yesterday. I'd seen a Dusky Warbler and a Rustic Bunting on St Mary's in the morning, and after taking lunch with my first-ever Scilly Great Egret in Porthcressa Bay, decided to lie back in the sun and the sand and have me a nice little afternoon nap. Ten minutes later I was just about to cross over to the other side (the land of nod), when I was awakened by someone shouting my name from the upper shore. My attention was drawn to the fact a Vagrant Emperor was buzzing back and forth just a few feet in front of me and so I jumped to my feet and watched it for five minutes, occasionally flinching as it tried to land on my face. Wish I could have got a photo like the OP but it buzzed off, though not before I'd seen the blue segment in the middle, which was the clinching feature I didn't manage to see on my original 'one that got away.'

 

birdboybowley

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• Oct 26, 2018

• #10

Brilliant!!