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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...
Update no 8 as at the 7th of March 2025 – including latest butterfly sightings in the County
Hello Everyone, After what seemed a long and cold Winter, according to the Met Office we are now officially in Spring…and it certainly feels like it! What is surprising though is that there were 25 mornings with frost in Derby this last Winter (2024/2025) which is...
Update no 7 as at the 25th of February 2025 – including late February 2025 butterfly sightings
Hi Everyone, So far this year we have seen colder conditions than we have been used to in recent years and this is confirmed by a complete lack of butterfly sightings here in Derbyshire between the 6th and the 22nd of February 2025, which was largely due to the cold...