by hoegrangequarry | Mar 3, 2022 | February 2022
As the weather finally starts to settle down it looks like the over – wintering Red Admirals have decided that in any sunshine it is worth taking to the wing in their desire to get sustenance from early flowering plants such as mahonia and heather and indeed this was...
by hoegrangequarry | Feb 21, 2022 | February 2022
Hello Everyone, After a very stormy period following the arrival of ‘Dudley’ ‘Eunice’ and now ‘Franklin’ you would think that our butterflies would be staying firmly in hibernation but no, on the 17th of February 2022 during a period of sun and warmth between the...
by hoegrangequarry | Feb 15, 2022 | February 2022
Just a couple of butterfly sightings in Derbyshire this last week due to smaller amounts of sunshine appearing, as follows :- Felicity Jackson saw a Small Tortoiseshell flying across Allestree Park on the 9th of February 2022 (was the butterfly checking out how the...
by hoegrangequarry | Feb 7, 2022 | February 2022
I received a couple of late January 2022 sightings recently including a Small Tortoiseshell flying through the Melbourne garden of Richard Winspear on the 30th of the month together with a surprising Small White which appeared on the kitchen window of Anita Moore’s...
