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Update no 44 as at the 13th of October 2023 – an amazing couple of weeks so far this month
Well no one really envisaged what the first part of this month would really be like with the exceptionally warm and sunny conditions, including 23c recorded here in Derby, which lasted up to and including the 10th of October 2023. The overriding item that remains in...
Update no 43 as at the 6th of October 2023 – the season rumbles on!
After the joint warmest September here in the UK (along with 2006), the warm weather continues this weekend and into next week with the introduction of hot air from North Africa so this Brief Summary will give you an idea as to which species that you might see here in...
Update no 42 as at the 30th of September 2023 – the end of the 2023 Transect Season is nigh!
Hello Everyone, Thanks very much to the 350 or so volunteers who diligently went about carrying out their butterfly transects in 2023 at 130 sites across the County - yet another great achievement during a year of not exactly ideal conditions although we didn’t have...
Update no 41 as at the 23rd of September 2023 – including the issue of National Distribution Maps
With the arrival of the Autumn Equinox, the change of weather patterns has well and truly arrived with sunshine and heavy rain and showers - butterfly sightings were at a premium this week but nonetheless 15 species including some decent numbers were seen by a number...
Update no 40 as at the 16th of September 2023 – back to normal weather conditions!
After 6 days of intense heat last week, Week 24 of the transect season was back to normal weather wise with a drenching of rain and temperatures in the low 20’sC. This dramatic change in the weather has obviously had an effect on butterfly numbers although 23 species...
Update no 39 as at the 8th of September 2023 – whew what a scorcher!
Well we weren’t expecting a prolonged heat wave at the beginning of September 2023, were we? but it looks like a week of continuous sunshine with temperatures in the high 20’s Centigrade means that we are likely to have the hottest period of the year - there have been...