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Update no 51 as at the 1st of December 2023 – including yet more butterfly sightings for November 2023
Hello Everyone, Despite the fact that we are currently in the grip of cold and frosty weather, at least that white stuff that makes life a misery this time of the year has thankfully just about managed to miss the East Midlands so far this Autumn/Winter, thus yet...
Update no 50 as at the 23rd of November 2023 – the Year of the Red Admiral!
With sunny periods at a premium during the last week, I was not expecting many butterfly sightings in the County but once again the Red Admiral came up trumps with records received of 14 individuals noted at 10 locations in Derbyshire up to and including the 23rd of...
Update no 49 as at the 17th of November 2023 – Red Admirals are still prolific!
Hello Everyone, It was not only the veterans that were evident on Armistice Day as the 11th of November 2023 was one of those perfect Autumn days, which, after a slight early frost, developed into a sunny day with light winds - perfect conditions for our local...
Update no 48 as at the 10th of November 2023 – including details of the B C East Midlands AGM later this month
Hello Everyone, Despite the fact that both the day time and night time temperatures are finally beginning to fall, any short periods of sunshine and heat are sufficient to entice our local butterflies out to take advantage of any late flowering buddleias and other...
Update no 47 as at the 3rd of November 2023 – Red Admirals still in control!
After the wettest October on record with about double the monthly average rainfall in the Region, there is no let-up in rain at the beginning of November 2023, although the main effects of Storm Ciaran managed to avoid us despite our barometer reading of just 952...
Update no 46 as at the 27th of October 2023 – Red Admirals survive okay!
After the near catastrophic floods that followed the heavy rain of last weekend, it was with some trepidation that I looked in my Inbox each day afterwards to see if I was going to get many emails from Recorders who have managed to see any butterflies that had...
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