Whitbarrow - Howe Ridding pNNR

Map of  Whitbarrow - Howe Ridding pNNR

The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.


County:Cumbria (England)
Gridref:SD435875
Year established:1997
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):Unknown
Width (m):Unknown
Broad habitat:Mature broadleaved woodland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Small Tortoiseshell?57more
Orange Tip?29more
Dark Green Fritillary?170more
High Brown FritillaryStable75more
Pearl-bordered FritillaryStable41more
Silver-washed Fritillary?43more
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary?190more
Northern Brown Argus?19more
Green Hairstreak?3.8more
Holly Blue?0.57more
Small Heath?210more
Dingy Skipper?3.4more
Grayling?56more
Brimstone?11more
Meadow Brown?260more
Peacock?95more
Large Skipper?29more
Speckled Wood?36more
Wall Brown?5.0more
Small White?15more
Comma?1.3more
Common Blue?77more
Red Admiral?8.5more
Painted Lady?6.1more

This table shows the species that have been recorded on this site. Where sufficient data is available, trends in abundance are assessed and colonisation/extinction events are identified. Species are marked as 'asynchronous' when their trends on this site are markedly different from the national trend. Click on 'more' to see a plot of abundance through time for each species. See green question mark above for more details.

Links to counts
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

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