by hoegrangequarry | Oct 7, 2024 | September 2024
Hello Everyone, It is that time of the year when the butterfly transect season finishes – with much regret from many of the 350 committed volunteers that we have here in Derbyshire. It certainly has been another challenging year to get as many transects done as...
by hoegrangequarry | Sep 23, 2024 | September 2024
Hello Everyone, Despite a slight frost in many parts of the County on the 13th of September 2024, the following week has certainly been a big improvement in weather conditions so much so that the 20 butterfly species seen in Week 24 of the transect season were still...
by hoegrangequarry | Sep 15, 2024 | September 2024
Hello Everyone, What a great day the 6th of September 2024 proved to be in this Region – after the low cloud cleared by 10 am here in Derby, the sun came out and despite a strong N E wind the temperature reached a balmy 25c – was it The Last of the Summer...
by hoegrangequarry | Sep 6, 2024 | September 2024
Hello Everyone, According to the Met Office, we are now in Autumn so I beg the question – whatever happened to the Summer of 2024? Well based on my basic weather notes for the Derby area, the 3 months of June, July and August of this year resulted in a 22%...
