by hoegrangequarry | Aug 28, 2023 | August 2023
As the disappointing summer of 2023 comes to an end, here in Derbyshire we have a County that is not only divided by the high ground in the Peak District but also currently has a divided population of butterflies as numbers have drastically declined in Lowland...
by hoegrangequarry | Aug 28, 2023 | August 2023
The changeable weather of the last week has sent most Peacocks in Lowland Derbyshire into hibernation although the species is still relatively common in the Peak District. It was only at the beginning of August 2023 that the species appeared in any numbers in the...
by hoegrangequarry | Aug 21, 2023 | August 2023
Hello Everyone, Well the promised short spell of summer duly arrived towards the end of last week with the temperature reaching 27c on Thursday the 10th of August 2023 in Derby – in fact that proved to be too much heat for some species with our buddleias...
by hoegrangequarry | Aug 11, 2023 | August 2023
With the weather likely to give us a couple of decent summer days this week and with the wind in the south. I thought that I would quickly advise you that a Clouded Yellow was seen in Woo Dale on Monday the 7th of August 2023 by Ian & Joy White – is this a...
by hoegrangequarry | Aug 11, 2023 | August 2023
Hello Everyone, Yet another week of dismal weather conditions in the County with very few opportunities to carry out transects but… the stoic and committed group of volunteers here in Derbyshire still carried on regardless with the moto ‘we shall not be beaten’. This...
