by hoegrangequarry | Sep 12, 2022 | September 2022
Although the weather patterns have changed during this last week, whereby heavy thundery showers are the ‘norm’ particularly in the afternoons, at least when the sun comes out, the temperature remains relatively high, so that butterflies have been seen on most...
by hoegrangequarry | Sep 5, 2022 | September 2022
Hello Everyone, According to the Met Office, Autumn has arrived and after the hot summer of 2022 it now looks like the Atlantic will start throwing weather fronts at us which will hopefully start to fill up the reservoirs ( as at the 29th of August 2022, Howden is...
by hoegrangequarry | Aug 30, 2022 | August 2022
Hello Everyone, With the flowering fronds of the buddleia bushes coming to an end in most gardens, Nick Brown of the D W T has over recent years managed to attract some butterfly species to his garden as a result of his concoction of mashed fruit on a dish on a table...
by hoegrangequarry | Aug 22, 2022 | August 2022
One of the effects of a prolonged hot spell is the ability of some species to produce a second brood and this has occurred recently here in Derbyshire with the sighting of 8 Dingy Skippers at 2 sites on the Markham Pit South complex on the 8th of August 2022 (Debbie...
by hoegrangequarry | Aug 15, 2022 | August 2022
As the end is in sight of yet another hot spell it is obvious that the lack of rain and high temperatures has resulted in many grasslands becoming desert like and lifeless – whilst the grass will recover eventually when the autumn rains arrive, in the meantime what...
