by hoegrangequarry | Dec 24, 2024 | December 2024
Hello Everyone, With very little sunshine to enjoy during the last week, it came as a pleasant surprise for Mark Longdon when on the 14th of December 2024 whilst he was hanging up his Christmas decorations outside his Ripley house, a Red Admiral flew by him as it...
by hoegrangequarry | Dec 24, 2024 | December 2024
Hello Everyone, Now that Storm Darragh has slipped into the Continent after doing its worst for us here in the UK, hopefully we should now get some quiet days with the possibility of some sun although with only 8 hours of daylight available we can’t expect too many...
by hoegrangequarry | Nov 30, 2024 | November 2024
Hello Everyone, After the snow and icy winds of the third week of November 2024, it came as some relief to get warmer westerly winds following on despite some very wet days leading up towards the end of the month courtesy of Storm ‘Bert’ The poor weather on Sunday the...
by hoegrangequarry | Nov 24, 2024 | November 2024
Hello Everyone, With November 2024 having temperatures above normal, it has come somewhat as a shock this week to wake up to ground frosts and a covering of snow in the County – not before additional butterfly sightings of 4 species were made before the...
by hoegrangequarry | Nov 15, 2024 | November 2024
Hello Everyone, With grey concrete coloured skies across the County since the 29th of October 2024, it was a nice surprise to get sightings of the Red Admiral in Derbyshire on the 10th of November 2024 during a small period of hazy sunshine. First of all Martin Hall...
