by hoegrangequarry | Jul 17, 2023 | June 2022
Hello Everyone, At least the changeable weather of the last week has produced some rain for the plants upon which many of the caterpillars of our butterflies and moths rely on, so there is some hope of a better picture for the Nymphalidae species which have been...
by hoegrangequarry | Jun 30, 2022 | June 2022
As we start Week 13 of the transect season we are at the half way point this year of this important work in monitoring our local lepidoptera and it looks like the East Midlands Region will be covering about 200 sites for the first time ever which involves over 500...
by hoegrangequarry | Jun 22, 2022 | June 2022
Everyone, After a week of decent weather conditions, it comes as no surprise that there has been a mini invasion along the East Coast (from Suffolk to Yorkshire) of both migrant Painted Lady and Red Admiral butterflies together with the rare Humming Bird Hawk Moth...
by hoegrangequarry | Jun 17, 2022 | June 2022
After weeks of changeable weather, a sudden burst of heat and sunshine has enabled 4 new butterfly species to emerge this week with the Small Skipper first seen on the 9th of June 2022 at Shirebrook Wood (Ian Hunt) followed by sightings in Belper (Nigel Davidson),...
by hoegrangequarry | Jun 13, 2022 | June 2022
After yet another week of mixed weather conditions, it is hardly surprising that the numbers of butterflies have yet to increase with the Meadow Brown being a typical example of a poor start to their season with sightings from just 30 sites mainly in ones and twos...
by hoegrangequarry | Jun 6, 2022 | June 2022
Another week of mixed fortunes with the weather has finally prompted the arrival of the ‘June Gap’ whereby most of the Spring species have now declined dramatically and the new Summer species have yet to get established – this is certainly true of the butterfly...
