by hoegrangequarry | May 31, 2024 | May 2024
Unfortunately it was another dire week for completing the butterfly transects in the County with at least 14 sites having a complete blank despite some sunshine on the day and many site transects not even attempted – this was typified by our attempt at carrying...
by hoegrangequarry | May 24, 2024 | May 2024
Hello Everyone, After a good couple of days last weekend, this week has been another disappointing week with a good deal of rain but hopefully it should be better this weekend, fingers crossed! The Peak District version of the Brown Argus first appeared on the 17th of...
by hoegrangequarry | May 23, 2024 | May 2024
Hello Everyone, Fortunately last week provided us with warm and mainly sunny weather, culminating with Mother Nature giving us her Greatest Show off Earth with a fantastic display of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) on Friday the 10th of May 2024, which was seen...
by hoegrangequarry | May 13, 2024 | May 2024
Hello Everyone, With a decent spell of warm and mainly sunny weather, it was ideal conditions for new species to appear and the first Small Copper was noted on the 5th of May 2024 along the Ripley Greenway (Joanna & Matt Raisin) who also saw a couple of Dingy...
by hoegrangequarry | May 9, 2024 | May 2024
Hello Everyone, Well it is a great surprise to get a couple of decent days of warm and sunny weather in the County recently as the forecasts were well out of line for a change! Pleasingly the first Wall Brown of the year was seen on the 30th of April 2024 near the...
