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Update no 48 as at the 7th of November 2022 – including possible new butterfly species for Derbyshire?
As predicted the weather at the beginning of November 2022 has turned very changeable, and this has been reflected in the number of butterflies that have been seen in the County so far this month with sightings of 7 species to date, namely Brimstone :- Just one...
Update no 47 as at the 31st of October 2022 – including late October 2022 sightings in the County
Hello Everyone, With the continuation of the very mild but blustery weather conditions prevailing for yet another week here in the UK, the days where we had sunshine certainly helped to prolong the life of some species and prevented others from entering into their...
Update no 46 as at the 22nd of October 2022 – including 12 butterfly species still on the wing in the County
We may well have had some wet days during the last week but the night time temperatures have not fallen too much thereby enabling our current 12 species of butterflies to survive and continue to fly for yet another week in October :- Brimstone :-Sightings of 3...
Update no 45 as at the 17th of October 2022 – including still sightings of 12 species in the County.
As the warm and sunny weather continues, with just the odd day of rain, and with no frost as yet, it does mean that both butterflies and humans alike have taken advantage of the balmy conditions. Despite no further sightings of the Wall Brown this week, there were a...
Update no 44 as at the 11th of October 2022 – including an October 2022 Wall Brown sighting in the County
Just as we thought that the flight period of the third brood Wall Brown was over in Derbyshire, a fresh male was seen yesterday (10th) in the Methodists Churchyard in Belper by Adrian & Rebecca Rochford, who are also currently preparing a wildflower meadow in the...
Update no 43 as at the 8th of October 2022 – including early October 2022 sightings in the County
After a week of fairly changeable weather at least the day time temperatures have kept reasonably high and, with no night time frosts as yet, a reasonable number of our local butterflies have been seen on the wing in the County. In fact there have been sightings of 11...