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Update no 5 as at the 6th of February 2025 – including recent butterfly sightings in the County
Hello Everyone, Yes January 2025 was a cold but relatively sunny month which meant that on a few sunny and windless days some butterflies were tempted out of hibernation with recent sightings being a Peacock seen on the 25th of January 2025 at Hartington Meadows (Vic...
Update no 4 as at the 31st of January 2025 – 2025 blank forms attached for your use
Hello Everyone, It is hardly surprising that there haven’t been many further butterfly sightings in the County recently although Julie Potts managed to see 2 Peacocks in flight whilst she was walking along Shining Tor Ridge in the Goyt Valley on the 15th of January...
Update no 3 as at the 20th of January 2025 – the 2025 butterfly season has started!
Hello Everyone, It only takes one day of sunshine with a temperature of 10c to stir some of our butterflies out of hibernation and into taking their maiden flight of the new butterfly year - and Wednesday the 15th of January 2025 was the day so far this year! First of...
Update no 2 as at the 14th of January 2025 – including notes on future events in 2025
Hello Everyone, After the floods of early January 2025, this last week has been very cold and frosty with snow in the Peak District - almost like the winters of old! Needless to say there have been no outdoor sightings of butterflies or moths reported to me so far...
Update no 1 as at the 2nd of January 2025 – including Christmas 2024 Butterfly Sightings!
Hello Everyone, A Happy and Healthy New Year to all the 1760 recipients of this Update - it really does feel like Winter now with a cold north wind and overnight frosts, even here in Derby, and the treat of snow over the hills in the Peak District this weekend....
Update no 49 as at the 17th of December 2024 – including late 2024 butterfly sightings in the County
Hello Everyone, With very little sunshine to enjoy during the last week, it came as a pleasant surprise for Mark Longdon when on the 14th of December 2024 whilst he was hanging up his Christmas decorations outside his Ripley house, a Red Admiral flew by him as it...
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