by hoegrangequarry | Mar 18, 2024 | March 2024
Hello Everyone, Yet another poor week for our local butterflies with lots of rain and hardly any warm sunshine although the temperature is starting to rise at last as we have now lost that cold easterly airflow – mind you an easterly airflow can bring migrant...
by hoegrangequarry | Mar 18, 2024 | March 2024
Hello Everyone, March often roars in like a lion and departs like a lamb and on the 1st of March 2024 the residents of the Peak District certainly felt the full force of Mother Nature with snow falling across the area resulting in the closure of many of the high level...
by hoegrangequarry | Feb 23, 2024 | February 2024
Hello Everyone, The wet and very changeable weather continues this month but a recent southerly airflow possibly assisted the arrival of an early Painted Lady into the County on the 20th of February 2024 when Lindsey Bance saw an individual in their Darley Dale...
by hoegrangequarry | Feb 18, 2024 | February 2024
Hello Everyone, With sunshine at a premium during the first half of this month, it is hardly surprising that there were only 3 outdoor sightings of butterflies since the last Update, up to the 14th of February 2024 – 2 Red Admirals both seen on the 11th of...
by hoegrangequarry | Feb 8, 2024 | February 2024
Hello Everyone, Despite a week of mild weather at the start to February 2024, it soon turned cold with snow seen across the County and settling mainly on the hilly parts of the Peak District today but with a forecast of milder weather tomorrow hopefully it will be a...
