Carrinton's New Farm

Map of  Carrinton's New Farm

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


County:Buckinghamshire (England)
Gridref:SU884900
Year established:2003
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):2580
Width (m):5
Broad habitat:Bare ground/weeds of arable field margins or fallow/recently abandoned arable crops (e.g. set aside)
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Small Tortoiseshell?77more
Orange Tip?1.6more
Ringlet?200more
Brown Argus?1.9more
Holly Blue?7.0more
Dingy Skipper?1.0more
Brimstone?12more
Small Copper?4.3more
Meadow Brown?440more
Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown?420more
Marbled White?150more
Peacock?41more
Large Skipper?40more
Speckled Wood?11more
Large White?79more
Green-veined White?6.4more
Small White?51more
Comma?14more
Common Blue?10more
White-letter Hairstreak?0.41more
Purple Hairstreak?2.0more
Small Skipper?3.6more
Red Admiral?20more
Painted Lady?21more

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
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

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