by hoegrangequarry | Feb 8, 2025 | January 2025
Hello Everyone, It is hardly surprising that there haven’t been many further butterfly sightings in the County recently although Julie Potts managed to see 2 Peacocks in flight whilst she was walking along Shining Tor Ridge in the Goyt Valley on the 15th of January...
by hoegrangequarry | Jan 22, 2025 | January 2025
Hello Everyone, It only takes one day of sunshine with a temperature of 10c to stir some of our butterflies out of hibernation and into taking their maiden flight of the new butterfly year – and Wednesday the 15th of January 2025 was the day so far this year!...
by hoegrangequarry | Jan 16, 2025 | January 2025
Hello Everyone, After the floods of early January 2025, this last week has been very cold and frosty with snow in the Peak District – almost like the winters of old! Needless to say there have been no outdoor sightings of butterflies or moths reported to me so...
by hoegrangequarry | Jan 4, 2025 | January 2025
Hello Everyone, A Happy and Healthy New Year to all the 1760 recipients of this Update – it really does feel like Winter now with a cold north wind and overnight frosts, even here in Derby, and the treat of snow over the hills in the Peak District this weekend....
