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Update no 2 as at the 10th of January 2023 – including the first outdoor butterfly sighting of 2023 in the County
Despite a relatively mild start to 2023 with the odd day of bright sunshine, there has been only 1 outdoor butterfly sighting in the County so far this year – Chris Thirtle saw a Small Tortoiseshell flying across his Great Longstone garden on the 7th of January 2023....
Update no 1 as at the 3rd of January 2023 – including late December 2022 sightings
As soon as the mini freeze finished in late December 2022, a sunny day on the 20th of the month brought some hardy butterflies out of hibernation and a late Peacock was seen flying at South Wingfield (Eric Easom) together with a Red Admiral which was seen sunning...
Update no 52 as at the 16th of December 2022 – including butterfly sightings from the Philippines
At last the end of the latest mini freeze is nearly upon us with milder Atlantic weather due later this weekend – mind you we have been very lucky here in Derby with barely a few grains of snow all week but the night temperature fell to minus 8c on a couple of nights...
Update no 51 as at the 9th of December 2022 – including sightings from warmer climates!
Thanks very much to those recorders who responded to my request in the last Update regarding information on the distribution of the Monarch butterfly in Europe – individuals have been noted in November 2022 in Madeira (Jane Rogers), on the Algarve in Portugal (Ben...
Update no 50 as at the 1st of December 2022 – including late November 2022 records
A really warm month of November meant that butterfly sightings have been made in the County up to and including Black Friday, the 25th of November 2022 but a change of month looks likely to be yet another change in the weather pattern with a blast from the Arctic on...
Update no 49 as at the 14th of November 2022 – the season rumbles on!
With the warm November weather just about to change, it has been yet another interesting week on the lepidoptera scene locally with sightings of 6 butterfly species seen flying in the County, the summary of which is as follows:- Brimstone :- A late sighting of this...