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Update no 14 as at the 22nd of April 2025 – including the first Wall Brown sighting in the County
Hello Everyone, A cloudy and cooler week did not prevent most volunteers from carrying out their transects but as expected numbers were generally down on the previous couple of weeks although a couple of new sites in the Region for the Green Hairstreak proved...
Update no 13 as at the 14th of April 2025 – including first sightings of the Dingy Skipper and the Small Copper in the County
Hello Everyone, After a fantastic spell of sunny and warm weather during the first couple of weeks in April 2025 including a temperature of 22c here in Derby on the 11th of April 2025, all good things come to an end but not before the first Dingy Skipper butterflies...
Update no 12 as at the 7th of April 2025 – including the first Holly Blue sightings in the County
Hello Everyone, After a very dry and sunny March 2025, which in this area meant the driest March since 2011 with only 27% of the usual rainfall coupled with 70% more sunshine, although there were 9 mornings with frost here in Derby compared to only 1 morning in March...
Update no 11 as at the 28th of March 2025 – including first Green Hairstreak sighting in the County
Hello Everyone, Pleasingly the month of March 2025 has had some really pleasant warm and sunny days which has allowed the hibernating butterflies to emerge from their slumber as well as some other species which managed to complete their life cycle, including the...
Update no 10 as at the 21st of March 2025 – including first Orange Tip and Speckled Wood sightings of the year
Hello Everyone, At last, the sun has now crossed the Equator and we have it in the northern hemisphere for the next 6 months and how important this period is for our local butterflies!!! After a whole week without a single butterfly sighting, the 18th of March 2025...
Update no 9 as at the 13th of March 2025 – including first Large & Small White sightings in the County
Hello Everyone, After the warm and sunny weather of last weekend, it has become quite a shock this week as the temperature has yet to reach double figures and with a cold north east wind blowing both recorders and butterflies have kept a low profile! It came as no...