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Update no 9 as at the 15th of March 2024 – look out for rare butterfly species in 2024
Hello Everyone, Yet another poor week for our local butterflies with lots of rain and hardly any warm sunshine although the temperature is starting to rise at last as we have now lost that cold easterly airflow - mind you an easterly airflow can bring migrant...
Update no 8 as at the 8th of March 2024 – including early March sightings
Hello Everyone, March often roars in like a lion and departs like a lamb and on the 1st of March 2024 the residents of the Peak District certainly felt the full force of Mother Nature with snow falling across the area resulting in the closure of many of the high level...
Update no 6 as at the 23rd of February 2024 – including early Painted Lady sighting in the County
Hello Everyone, The wet and very changeable weather continues this month but a recent southerly airflow possibly assisted the arrival of an early Painted Lady into the County on the 20th of February 2024 when Lindsey Bance saw an individual in their Darley Dale...
Update no 5 as at the 16th of February 2024 – including some further Wall Brown information
Hello Everyone, With sunshine at a premium during the first half of this month, it is hardly surprising that there were only 3 outdoor sightings of butterflies since the last Update, up to the 14th of February 2024 - 2 Red Admirals both seen on the 11th of February...
Update no 4 as at the 8th of February 2024 – including notes from the 2022 UKBMS Report
Hello Everyone, Despite a week of mild weather at the start to February 2024, it soon turned cold with snow seen across the County and settling mainly on the hilly parts of the Peak District today but with a forecast of milder weather tomorrow hopefully it will be a...
Update no 3 as at the 31st of January 2024 – what a month January 2024 was weather wise!
Hello Everyone, Well what a month January 2024 proved to be - a period of severe cold and frosts followed by 4 named Storms and ending with relatively benign weather including a few calm and sunny days…however our local butterflies weren’t impressed or fooled and...