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Update no 52 as at the 16th of December 2022 – including butterfly sightings from the Philippines

by hoegrangequarry | Dec 19, 2022 | December 2022

At last the end of the latest mini freeze is nearly upon us with milder Atlantic weather due later this weekend – mind you we have been very lucky here in Derby with barely a few grains of snow all week but the night temperature fell to minus 8c on a couple of nights...

Update no 51 as at the 9th of December 2022 – including sightings from warmer climates!

by hoegrangequarry | Dec 9, 2022 | December 2022

Thanks very much to those recorders who responded to my request in the last Update regarding information on the distribution of the Monarch butterfly in Europe – individuals have been noted in November 2022 in Madeira (Jane Rogers), on the Algarve in Portugal (Ben...

Update no 50 as at the 1st of December 2022 – including late November 2022 records

by hoegrangequarry | Dec 5, 2022 | December 2022

A really warm month of November meant that butterfly sightings have been made in the County up to and including Black Friday, the 25th of November 2022 but a change of month looks likely to be yet another change in the weather pattern with a blast from the Arctic on...

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

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  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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