I visited Northamptonshire today and had a really good day catching up with Butterflies that I needed.I visited Weldon woodland park first and it didnt take long walking around the site to connect with my first Marbled whites.
7 Marbled whites were seen in total
Next stop was Fermyn woods where I saw my first Silver washed fritillary straight away as we got out the car.
There were Butterflies practically everywhere on site and then the magic moment came as I was photographing a White hairstreak up high in a tree.A Purple emperor appeared in front of me flew around and then headed high into the forest,amazing!
This is what I had travelled down to see and I was very lucky to be in the right place at the right time to see this one as many people on site were looking.
![Purple Emperor | Butterfly Conservation](https://butterfly-conservation.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2018-04/Purple-Emperor-Apatura-iris-_5D39498.jpg?itok=_SSf4j_G)
This photograph is off the net but shows
the Purple emperor in all its glory
![Photo - White-letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album - Observation.org](https://observation.org/media/photo/2196505.jpg)
White Hairstreak
Other butterflies of note on site were:
White Admiral
On the way back to the car to top it all off a Southern hawker put in an appearance to finish off a great day!
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