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Update no 38 as at the 22nd of September 2025 – including more third brood Wall Browns seen in the County

by hoegrangequarry | Sep 23, 2025 | September 2025

Hello Everyone, After yet another week of mainly dismal weather, it is all credit to the volunteers who managed to take advantage of the short sunny spells to get their transects completed in Week 25 as at least the temperature remained warm until the 20th of...

Update no 37 as at the 16th of September 2025 – including third brood Wall Brown seen in the County

by hoegrangequarry | Sep 18, 2025 | September 2025

Hello Everyone, A succession of Low Pressure systems spiralling across the Atlantic Ocean has left us all in no doubt that Autumn has finally arrived but at least the Reservoirs are beginning to fill up again after the warmest Summer ever. What was a surprise was to...

Update no 36 as at the 11th September 2025 – 2025 Big Butterfly Count results announced

by hoegrangequarry | Sep 15, 2025 | September 2025

Hello Everyone, Another very changeable week left us with no illusions that Autumn had finally arrived – this was reinforced by some volunteers failing to see a single butterfly on their transect in the County. With Derbyshire being such a diverse area, Chee...

Update no 34 as at the 2nd of September 2025 – Autumn has truly arrived!

by hoegrangequarry | Sep 3, 2025 | September 2025

Hello Everyone, It certainly feels like Autumn has arrived now with frequent showers and longer periods of rain interspersed with sunny intervals but the Met Office has confirmed that 2025 was the warmest Summer on record followed by 2018, 2006, 2003, 2022 and 1976....

Recent Posts

  • Update no 44 as at the 28th of November 2025 – including late November 2025 sightings
  • Update no 41 as at the 13th of November 2025 – including November butterfly sightings in the County
  • Update no 42 as at the 31st of October 2025 – including third brood sighting of the Holly Blue in the County.
  • Update no 41 as at the 23rd of October 2025 – including late Wall Browns seen in the County
  • Update no 40 as at the 13th of October 2025 – including first ever October Green Hairstreak sighting in the County

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  1. Richard Petrie on Update no 30 as at the 14th of July 2023- including sighting of second brood Wall Brown in the County
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