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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...
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...
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JULY 2024
HOE GRANGE QUARRY OPEN DAY
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