by hoegrangequarry | Mar 24, 2025 | March 2025
Hello Everyone, At last, the sun has now crossed the Equator and we have it in the northern hemisphere for the next 6 months and how important this period is for our local butterflies!!! After a whole week without a single butterfly sighting, the 18th of March 2025...
by hoegrangequarry | Mar 13, 2025 | March 2025
Hello Everyone, After the warm and sunny weather of last weekend, it has become quite a shock this week as the temperature has yet to reach double figures and with a cold north east wind blowing both recorders and butterflies have kept a low profile! It came as no...
by hoegrangequarry | Mar 10, 2025 | March 2025
Hello Everyone, After what seemed a long and cold Winter, according to the Met Office we are now officially in Spring…and it certainly feels like it! What is surprising though is that there were 25 mornings with frost in Derby this last Winter (2024/2025) which is...
by hoegrangequarry | Feb 27, 2025 | February 2025
Hi Everyone, So far this year we have seen colder conditions than we have been used to in recent years and this is confirmed by a complete lack of butterfly sightings here in Derbyshire between the 6th and the 22nd of February 2025, which was largely due to the cold...
by hoegrangequarry | Feb 14, 2025 | February 2025
Hello Everyone, The mini beast from the east is no good to man nor beast and with a very cool east wind persisting it was a surprise to get one butterfly sighting in the County this week when a Red Admiral was seen by Simon Beavis flying at Mickleover Meadows on the...
