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Update no 27 as at the 16th of July 2024 – UREKA – the Purple Emperor has arrived in Derbyshire
Hello Everyone, Despite the awful weather so far this month, I am delighted to inform you that we have now got a new butterfly species here in Derbyshire - the iconic Purple Emperor (aka His Imperial Majesty) has arrived in the County when an individual was sighted...
Update no 26 as at the 12th of July 2024 – including first sightings of the Purple Hairstreak in the County this year
Hello Everyone, Yet another disappointing week of weather for mid July - it doesn’t look any better until the end of the month when hopefully the ‘Jet Stream’ will move well to the north of the UK so as to allow warm air to arrive here from southern climes - we can...
Update no 25 as at the 5th of July 2024 – including sightings of 3 more species in the County this year.
Hello Everyone, Yet another poor week of weather for our local butterflies with a zero count coming from at least 6 locations in Week 14 - almost unbelievable for the time of the year. So what is going on? I have received notes from a number of experts who agree that...
Update no 24 as at the 29th of June 2024 – including sightings of 2 new species in the County this year
Hello Everyone, It was a welcome change to get a small sustained period of sunny skies and some heat for a few days culminating with a temperature of 28c here in Derby on the 26th of June 2024 - thankfully this helped some butterfly species to both appear and increase...
Update no 23 as at the 21st of June 2024 – including first sightings of the Small Skipper and the White Letter Hairstreak in the County this year
Hello Everyone, Well a combination of heavy thundery rain coupled with a cold northerly air flow during the recent past resulted in a period of 11 days without any sunshine and heat - a sure recipe for a disastrous situation relating to our local butterflies and...
Update no 22 as at the 14th of June 2024 – including first confirmed Ringlet sighting in the County this year
Hello Everyone, After one of the worst weeks in June here in Derbyshire weather wise, including a couple of mornings when the temperature here in Derby got down to just 5c, even though there are only about 7 hours of darkness, (Do you remember when snow caused the...