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Update no 15 as at the 30th April 2024 – goodbye to April 2024

by hoegrangequarry | May 3, 2024 | April 2024

Hello Everyone, Whilst we expected April showers during last month we weren’t prepared for a cold and cloudy month with little sunshine to enjoy and despite the great efforts of many volunteers, the transect results for Week 4 were exceedingly poor with at least 46...

Update no 14 as at the 22nd of April 2024 – including Painted Lady sightings in the County

by hoegrangequarry | Apr 24, 2024 | April 2024

Hello Everyone, Well what a week the last 7 days proved to be with a constant nagging cold North wind, some night frosts, even in Derby, a small earthquake centred on Belper and a trail of destruction after a squall line which produced a narrow band of tornadoes in a...

Update no 13 as at the 15th of April 2024 – including sightings of 2 new species in the County this week.

by hoegrangequarry | Apr 17, 2024 | April 2024

Hello Everyone, At last we had a couple of good butterfly days on the 11th & 12th of April 2024 together with another reasonable day on the 14th of April 2024 which enabled most transects to be walked in the County but sadly at least 20 sites returned a zero...

Update no 12 as at the 8th of April 2024 – including first sighting of the Holly Blue in the County

by hoegrangequarry | Apr 9, 2024 | April 2024

Hello Everyone, Well Week 1 of the butterfly transect was a challenge for the volunteers to get their walks completed with a very limited amount of sunshine available and Storm Kathleen doing her best to disrupt things, although the 2nd of April 2024 was very much the...

Recent Posts

  • Update no 44 as at the 28th of November 2025 – including late November 2025 sightings
  • Update no 41 as at the 13th of November 2025 – including November butterfly sightings in the County
  • 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

Recent Comments

  1. Richard Petrie on Update no 30 as at the 14th of July 2023- including sighting of second brood Wall Brown in the County
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