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Update no 32 as at the 28th of July 2023 – including final sightings in the County for the poor month of July 2023
Hello Everyone, As July 2023 comes to an end it has been a very changeable month in complete contrast to both July 2022 and also June 2023 which were both warm (and hot) and sunny. This month has been relatively cold and wet, which is not good news for our local...
Update no 31 as at the 19th of July 2023 – including a worrying lack of Peacock sightings in the Region.
Hello Everyone, With the jet stream remaining well to the south of the UK, the sweltering temperatures of Southern Europe are being kept away from our shores by the Low Pressure systems that spiral out of the North Atlantic towards the UK and thus our July weather has...
Update no 29 as at the 11th of July 2023 – including a special plea from Matthew Oates re Iris in Derbyshire
A special request for the 1500 recipients of this Update :- Calling all you intrepid explorers and recorders who live in or visit South Derbyshire – this week could be the week to look for the Purple Emperor in the area, although at the moment only Thursday the...
Update no 30 as at the 14th of July 2023- including sighting of second brood Wall Brown in the County
Hello Everyone, Despite a very changeable week of weather, the first Wall Brown second brood appeared on the 10th of July 2023 at Curbar Edge (Sid Morris), this being 10 days earlier than when last year’s second brood started. Also a new brood Peacock first appeared...
Update no 28 as at the 7th of July 2023 – including Brief Summary of 2023 to date
Hello Everyone, With this week being Week 14 of the transect season, we have now just passed the half way point for our local butterfly surveys for 2023 – a quick look at the year so far reveals that some Spring species fared well whereas others did not do well at...
Update no 27 as at the 30th of June 2023 – including first sightings of the Purple Hairstreak and Gatekeeper butterflies in the County.
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...