by hoegrangequarry | May 4, 2022 | April 2022
A sunny and warm 30th of April 2022 brought out the first sightings this year of the rare Dingy Skipper butterfly at Hoe Grange Quarry when 2 individuals were seen by Alan Walker whilst he was doing the butterfly transect there.
by hoegrangequarry | May 4, 2022 | April 2022
A cool week with limited sunshine and still no rain (April 2022 has had only 50% of normal rainfall in our part of the UK) meant that butterflies were relatively few and far between and consequently transect recorders and their results suffered accordingly. Just a...
by hoegrangequarry | Apr 28, 2022 | Derbyshire Update 2022
Chris Monk of the Derbyshire Reptile and Amphibian Group visited HGQ on Sunday evening the 24th of April 2022 and he recorded a couple of Great Crested Newts there for the first time ever, within the pond in the big hole. This is a rare and protected species in the UK...
by hoegrangequarry | Apr 25, 2022 | April 2022
A very unusual phenomenon occurred last weekend when a spell of sunny and warm weather coincided with the Easter Bank Holiday and fortunately the sunny weather has continued into Week 3 of the transect season – that is not to say that large numbers of butterflies have...
by hoegrangequarry | Apr 20, 2022 | April 2022
The current weather patterns appear to be similar to what happened in March/April 2021 with a few days of warmth and sun in March followed by a cold April (last year there were 18 days with frost in Derby and this April there have already been 6 frosts) – consequently...
