by hoegrangequarry | Mar 22, 2022 | March 2022
After a week of decent sunny weather and now the arrival of the Spring Equinox, it was inevitable that my Inbox would be busy with emails containing your excellent sightings for which I am very pleased to receive! With a total of 378 butterflies seen in 6 species...
by hoegrangequarry | Mar 16, 2022 | March 2022
At last a few warmish and sunny days during the last week enabled both recorders and butterflies alike to come out of hibernation and enjoy the weather – even dandelions have been seen on some grass verges which will probably mean that mower man will be up to his...
by hoegrangequarry | Mar 9, 2022 | March 2022
Not the best start to March 2022 with no sightings for the first time in a week this year so it looks like Spring could be another late version. There were a few late February 2022 records with sightings of Small Tortoiseshells from Glossop (Jean & Colin...
by hoegrangequarry | Mar 3, 2022 | February 2022
As the weather finally starts to settle down it looks like the over – wintering Red Admirals have decided that in any sunshine it is worth taking to the wing in their desire to get sustenance from early flowering plants such as mahonia and heather and indeed this was...
by hoegrangequarry | Feb 21, 2022 | February 2022
Hello Everyone, After a very stormy period following the arrival of ‘Dudley’ ‘Eunice’ and now ‘Franklin’ you would think that our butterflies would be staying firmly in hibernation but no, on the 17th of February 2022 during a period of sun and warmth between the...
