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Update no 41 as at the 13th of November 2025 – including November butterfly sightings in the County
Hello Everyone, The first week of November 2025 produced sightings of 6 butterfly species in the County but since then the much needed rains have arrived and consequently nothing has been seen flying outside. There have been sightings of 20 Red Admirals so far this...
Update no 42 as at the 31st of October 2025 – including third brood sighting of the Holly Blue in the County.
Hello Everyone, With the days now getting shorter, any sunny spells are at a premium but it didn’t prevent a third brood Holly Blue from emerging in the Churchyard at Mickleover on the 27th of October 2025 as seen and photographed by Peter Walley - not the latest ever...
Update no 41 as at the 23rd of October 2025 – including late Wall Browns seen in the County
Hello Everyone, A week of cloudy and coolish weather following on from the sunny day of the 12th of October 2025 meant that there were no butterfly sightings in the County that week, but this current week has seen some sunny intervals between the showers and hey...
Update no 40 as at the 13th of October 2025 – including first ever October Green Hairstreak sighting in the County
Hello Everyone, After the departure of Storm Army, it has become dry and cloudy but with some sunny breaks - the best days so far this month being the 6th of October 2025 when the temperature here in Derby reached 20c and the 11th of October 2025 when the temperature...
Update no 39 as at the 2nd of October 2025 – the 2025 transect season has ended
Hello Everyone, A full week of mainly sunny weather at the end of September 2025 ensured that Week 26 of the transect season was a pleasure to carry out and despite some sites failing to provide any sightings, everyone agreed that taking part was yet another...
Update no 38 as at the 22nd of September 2025 – including more third brood Wall Browns seen in the County
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...