by hoegrangequarry | May 1, 2025 | April 2025
Hello Everyone, Another week of partly cloudy weather but at least with some sunshine towards the end of the week was enough for the first Brown Argus (Peak District Race) to appear on the 22nd of April 2025 at Longstone Edge (Andrew Woodhouse) – this being 10...
by hoegrangequarry | Apr 22, 2025 | April 2025
Hello Everyone, A cloudy and cooler week did not prevent most volunteers from carrying out their transects but as expected numbers were generally down on the previous couple of weeks although a couple of new sites in the Region for the Green Hairstreak proved...
by hoegrangequarry | Apr 16, 2025 | April 2025
Hello Everyone, After a fantastic spell of sunny and warm weather during the first couple of weeks in April 2025 including a temperature of 22c here in Derby on the 11th of April 2025, all good things come to an end but not before the first Dingy Skipper butterflies...
by hoegrangequarry | Apr 11, 2025 | April 2025
Hello Everyone, After a very dry and sunny March 2025, which in this area meant the driest March since 2011 with only 27% of the usual rainfall coupled with 70% more sunshine, although there were 9 mornings with frost here in Derby compared to only 1 morning in March...
