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Update no 24 as at the 24th of June 2025 – including first confirmed sighting of the Clouded Yellow in the County

by hoegrangequarry | Jun 24, 2025 | June 2025

Hello Everyone, After a week of soaring temperatures, it is somewhat of a relief to get back to a more traditional British Summer type of weather with some welcome rain and passing clouds creating sporadic sunny intervals. What was interesting during the last week was...

Update no 24 as at the 24th of June 2025 – including first confirmed sighting of the Clouded Yellow in the County

by hoegrangequarry | Jun 24, 2025 | June 2025

Hello Everyone, After a week of soaring temperatures, it is somewhat of a relief to get back to a more traditional British Summer type of weather with some welcome rain and passing clouds creating sporadic sunny intervals. What was interesting during the last week was...

Update no 23 as at the 17th of June 2025 – including first sightings in the County this year of the Purple Hairstreak and the Marbled White

by hoegrangequarry | Jun 23, 2025 | June 2025

Hello Everyone, It is not often that I get important butterfly sightings immediately after I have sent out an Update but Lucy Benniston emailed me to say that she recorded both the Marbled White and the Purple Hairstreak at Loscoe Fields site on the 16th of June 2025...

Update no 22 as at the 16th of June 2025 – including first sightings this year of the White Letter Hairstreak and Essex Skipper in the County

by hoegrangequarry | Jun 16, 2025 | June 2025

Hello Everyone, After a week of sunshine with temperatures in the 70’s (over 21c) it was ideal conditions for the White Letter Hairstreak to appear for the first time in the County this year with the first record coming on the 9th of June 2025 on the Disease Resistant...

Update no 21 as at the 9th of June 2025 – including first sightings of 4 species in the County this week

by hoegrangequarry | Jun 13, 2025 | June 2025

Hello Everyone, As the weather reverts back to the ‘normal’ spell of changeable Summer conditions with welcome rain for the grasslands and flowers, it has been hardly surprising that butterfly numbers have been well down but equally surprising was the first appearance...
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  • Update no 44 as at the 28th of November 2025 – including late November 2025 sightings
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  • Update no 42 as at the 31st of October 2025 – including third brood sighting of the Holly Blue in the County.
  • Update no 41 as at the 23rd of October 2025 – including late Wall Browns seen in the County
  • Update no 40 as at the 13th of October 2025 – including first ever October Green Hairstreak sighting in the County

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