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Update no 20 as at the 2nd of June 2025 – including first sightings of the Meadow Brown in the County.
Hello Everyone, As expected the Spring weather of 2025 was both the warmest and sunniest ever with very little in the way of rain until the last 10 days of May 2025 - this being in sharp contrast to the weather in Spring 2024 which was wet and cold. A quick check on...
Update no 19 as at the 27th of May 2025 – including first sightings of the Dark Green Fritillary in the County this year.
Hello Everyone, After a changeable week with some decent sunny days followed by a mixture of sun, showers and some heavy rain, it is hardly surprising that Week 8 of the transect season has been a challenge - not helped by the early start of the annual ‘June Dip’...
Update no 18 as at the 20th of May 2025 – including new brood Small Tortoiseshells on the wing
Hello Everyone, After another week of mainly sunny weather with temperatures around the 21c mark, it proved to be ideal for the new brood Small Tortoiseshells to appear, with 8 noted by Steve Webster on the 13th of May 2025 on Longstone Edge, that great outcrop with...
Update no 17 as at the 13th of May 2025 – including Painted Lady migration into the County
Hello Everyone, After the driest start to Spring since 1956 and the warmest Spring since 1960, with only half the expected rainfall recorded during the months of March & April 2025 together with the possibility of it being the sunniest ever Spring here in the UK,...
Update no 16 as at the 6th of May 2025 – including Painted Lady sightings in the County
Hello Everyone, After a week of sunny and warm conditions through the County, some of our local butterfly species have responded with an increase in their numbers whilst others have remained at a low ebb - so in reality it has been a hit and miss situation with...
Update no 15 as at the 28th of April 2025 – including earliest sightings ever of 3 species in the County
Hello Everyone, Another week of partly cloudy weather but at least with some sunshine towards the end of the week was enough for the first Brown Argus (Peak District Race) to appear on the 22nd of April 2025 at Longstone Edge (Andrew Woodhouse) - this being 10 days...