by hoegrangequarry | Feb 1, 2024 | January 2024
Hello Everyone, Well what a month January 2024 proved to be – a period of severe cold and frosts followed by 4 named Storms and ending with relatively benign weather including a few calm and sunny days…however our local butterflies weren’t impressed or fooled...
by hoegrangequarry | Jan 17, 2024 | January 2024
Hello Everyone, Like most people in the UK, I am also obsessed with the British weather as it is so variable and impacts on both our lives and activities and also that of our insect friends, but did you know that recently there have been 2 notable anniversaries...
by hoegrangequarry | Jan 11, 2024 | January 2024
Hello Everyone, Whilst in recent years the recording of moths has been carried out diligently by many volunteers in the County, it has not always been clear as to where your records should be sent – well at that is about to change as we enter 2024! Both Tony...
by hoegrangequarry | Dec 24, 2023 | December 2023
Hello Everyone, Despite today being the shortest day of the year (the Winter Solstice with just 7 hours 35 minutes of daylight in Derby), Malaga in Spain recently had its warmest December day ever with a temperature of 30c, whilst here in Derbyshire, Saturday the 16th...
by hoegrangequarry | Dec 18, 2023 | December 2023
Hello Everyone, Just as we thought that the snowy weather of the 3rd of December 2023 had sent all our butterflies into hibernation, John Barker informs me that a Small Tortoiseshell was seen in the snow at Wirksworth on that date – this has happened before in...
