by hoegrangequarry | Jul 20, 2022 | July 2022
Hello Everyone, As we brace ourselves for a burst of hot air coming to us from the Iberian Peninsula, this might be the weekend when a new butterfly species is added to the Derbyshire list as His Imperial Majesty, the Purple Emperor is making steady progress towards...
by hoegrangequarry | Jul 12, 2022 | July 2022
The current warm and sunny conditions have certainly helped the Silver Washed Fritillary to emerge at additional locations in the County with sightings coming from Rose End Meadows, Cromford ( Martin Cobham), Lathkill Dale (Peter Faulkner) at Thornhills Carrs NR...
by hoegrangequarry | Jul 12, 2022 | July 2022
Hello Everyone, Despite a dismal start to the day on the 3rd of July 2022 it did not prevent around 300 visitors making the effort to attend the 4th Open Day at Hoe Grange Quarry, the first Butterfly NR in the County. Yet again Longcliffe Quarries and their staff put...
by hoegrangequarry | Jul 4, 2022 | July 2022
June 2022 was a quite a changeable month despite a couple of brief hot and sunny spells and this weather pattern has certainly affected both butterfly numbers and the erratic emergence of new species during the month. However a lonesome Silver Washed Fritillary was...
by hoegrangequarry | Jun 30, 2022 | June 2022
As we start Week 13 of the transect season we are at the half way point this year of this important work in monitoring our local lepidoptera and it looks like the East Midlands Region will be covering about 200 sites for the first time ever which involves over 500...
