by hoegrangequarry | Nov 15, 2024 | November 2024
Hello Everyone, With sunshine being in limited amounts this last week, butterfly sightings have been somewhat lacking – despite the temperature remaining relatively high for the time of the year. This situation was typical of the Summer of 2024 when concrete...
by hoegrangequarry | Oct 31, 2024 | October 2024
Hello Everyone, With the temperature remaining relatively mild at around 15c here in Lowland Derbyshire, it comes as no surprise that there have been 10 species of butterflies seen during the last week in the County with yet more third brood specimens of the Holly...
by hoegrangequarry | Oct 31, 2024 | October 2024
Hello Everyone, Despite a limited amount of sunshine in the County during the last week, it did not prevent 11 butterfly species being seen in Derbyshire including a third brood Holly Blue when Pete Clark saw a mint individual flying around an ivy plant in Ironville...
by hoegrangequarry | Oct 15, 2024 | October 2024
Hello Everyone, Despite an early frost in Derby on the 11th of October 2024, there were some good sunny periods to enjoy this week and 9 butterfly species made an appearance in the County including 2 sightings of the Painted Lady both in gardens on the 7th of October...
by hoegrangequarry | Oct 7, 2024 | October 2024
Hello Everyone, I mentioned on my last Update as to how resilient our local butterflies are and this last week proved just that as despite the heavy rain at the beginning of the month, once that yellow ball in the sky appeared, so did at least 160 butterflies in 12...
