by hoegrangequarry | Dec 2, 2025 | November 2025
Hello Everyone, As we approach the dark month of December , we can look back on a much better than expected butterfly year for 2025 which saw on average a 120% increase in butterfly numbers on transects across the Region together with a 100% increase in butterfly...
by hoegrangequarry | Nov 13, 2025 | November 2025
Hello Everyone, The first week of November 2025 produced sightings of 6 butterfly species in the County but since then the much needed rains have arrived and consequently nothing has been seen flying outside. There have been sightings of 20 Red Admirals so far this...
by hoegrangequarry | Oct 31, 2025 | October 2025
Hello Everyone, With the days now getting shorter, any sunny spells are at a premium but it didn’t prevent a third brood Holly Blue from emerging in the Churchyard at Mickleover on the 27th of October 2025 as seen and photographed by Peter Walley – not the...
by hoegrangequarry | Oct 29, 2025 | October 2025
Hello Everyone, A week of cloudy and coolish weather following on from the sunny day of the 12th of October 2025 meant that there were no butterfly sightings in the County that week, but this current week has seen some sunny intervals between the showers and hey...
by hoegrangequarry | Oct 15, 2025 | October 2025
Hello Everyone, After the departure of Storm Army, it has become dry and cloudy but with some sunny breaks – the best days so far this month being the 6th of October 2025 when the temperature here in Derby reached 20c and the 11th of October 2025 when the...
