by hoegrangequarry | Jul 31, 2024 | July 2024
Hello Everyone, After periods of changing weather conditions, which we all suffer from these days, it is worth mentioning that this may cause changes in the ‘soup’ within a butterflies’ pupa – last year Ian & Joy White found a startling aberration of...
by hoegrangequarry | Jul 22, 2024 | July 2024
Hello Everyone, At last some sun and heat meant that it finally felt more like Summer recently now that we have reached the third week of July 2024. Still some sites are deserted when it comes to butterfly numbers and species although at a few of the favoured sites...
by hoegrangequarry | Jul 16, 2024 | July 2024
Hello Everyone, Despite the awful weather so far this month, I am delighted to inform you that we have now got a new butterfly species here in Derbyshire – the iconic Purple Emperor (aka His Imperial Majesty) has arrived in the County when an individual was...
by hoegrangequarry | Jul 15, 2024 | July 2024
Hello Everyone, Yet another disappointing week of weather for mid July – it doesn’t look any better until the end of the month when hopefully the ‘Jet Stream’ will move well to the north of the UK so as to allow warm air to arrive here from southern climes...
by hoegrangequarry | Jul 8, 2024 | July 2024
Hello Everyone, Yet another poor week of weather for our local butterflies with a zero count coming from at least 6 locations in Week 14 – almost unbelievable for the time of the year. So what is going on? I have received notes from a number of experts who agree...
