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Update no 39 as at the 8th of September 2023 – whew what a scorcher!
Well we weren’t expecting a prolonged heat wave at the beginning of September 2023, were we? but it looks like a week of continuous sunshine with temperatures in the high 20’s Centigrade means that we are likely to have the hottest period of the year - there have been...
Update no 38 as at the 1st of September 2023 – tales of disappointing weather in Summer 2023
Hello Everyone, According to the Met Office, we have now entered Autumn and despite claims that it has been yet another warm Summer, in this part of the UK the weather figures suggest otherwise. Whilst we don’t want the extreme Summer temperatures which Southern...
Update no 37 as at the 27th of August 2023 – including further second brood sighting of the Dingy Skipper in the County
As the disappointing summer of 2023 comes to an end, here in Derbyshire we have a County that is not only divided by the high ground in the Peak District but also currently has a divided population of butterflies as numbers have drastically declined in Lowland...
Update no 36 as at the 19th of August 2023 – including second brood Dingy Skipper seen in the County.
The changeable weather of the last week has sent most Peacocks in Lowland Derbyshire into hibernation although the species is still relatively common in the Peak District. It was only at the beginning of August 2023 that the species appeared in any numbers in the...
Update no 35 as at the 14th of August 2023 – including a further Clouded Yellow sighting in the County
Hello Everyone, Well the promised short spell of summer duly arrived towards the end of last week with the temperature reaching 27c on Thursday the 10th of August 2023 in Derby - in fact that proved to be too much heat for some species with our buddleias completely...
Update no 34 as at the 9th of August 2023 – including Clouded Yellow sighting in the County
With the weather likely to give us a couple of decent summer days this week and with the wind in the south. I thought that I would quickly advise you that a Clouded Yellow was seen in Woo Dale on Monday the 7th of August 2023 by Ian & Joy White - is this a...
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