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Update no 21 as at the 7th of June 2024 – including first sighting of the Large Skipper in the County this year.
Well the Met Office informs us that Spring 2024 was the warmest on record, as well as being dull and wet, and surprisingly my weather notes from our garden in Derby supports that as we had only 3 frosts during March to May 2024 against 11 in the same period during...
Update no 20 as at the 31st of May 2024 – including first Meadow Brown sighting and new rules for protecting hedgerows
Unfortunately it was another dire week for completing the butterfly transects in the County with at least 14 sites having a complete blank despite some sunshine on the day and many site transects not even attempted - this was typified by our attempt at carrying out...
Update no 19 as at the 24th of May 2024 – including first sightings of the Brown Argus Peak District version in the County
Hello Everyone, After a good couple of days last weekend, this week has been another disappointing week with a good deal of rain but hopefully it should be better this weekend, fingers crossed! The Peak District version of the Brown Argus first appeared on the 17th of...
Update no 18 as at the 17th of May 2024 – including sightings of 3 new species in the County
Hello Everyone, Fortunately last week provided us with warm and mainly sunny weather, culminating with Mother Nature giving us her Greatest Show off Earth with a fantastic display of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) on Friday the 10th of May 2024, which was seen...
Update no 17 as at the 10th of May 2024 – including first sightings of the Dingy Skipper and Small Copper in the County this year
Hello Everyone, With a decent spell of warm and mainly sunny weather, it was ideal conditions for new species to appear and the first Small Copper was noted on the 5th of May 2024 along the Ripley Greenway (Joanna & Matt Raisin) who also saw a couple of Dingy...
Update no 16 as at the 3rd of May 2024 – including first Wall Brown sighting in the County this year
Hello Everyone, Well it is a great surprise to get a couple of decent days of warm and sunny weather in the County recently as the forecasts were well out of line for a change! Pleasingly the first Wall Brown of the year was seen on the 30th of April 2024 near the...