Wolstonbury Hill

Map of  Wolstonbury Hill

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


County:West Sussex (England)
Gridref:TQ284138
Year established:1998
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):2900
Width (m):Unknown
Broad habitat:Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) chalk/limestone grassland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Small Tortoiseshell?20more
Orange Tip?4.0more
Ringlet?35more
Dark Green Fritillary?17more
Green Hairstreak?4.0more
Holly Blue?2.5more
Small Heath?110more
Dingy Skipper?9.9more
Brimstone?17more
Small Copper?4.0more
Adonis Blue?16more
Chalk-hill Blue?57more
Meadow Brown?1400more
Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown?780more
Marbled White?200more
Peacock?16more
Large Skipper?40more
Speckled Wood?26more
Wall Brown?13more
Large White?38more
Green-veined White?16more
Small White?25more
Comma?2.9more
Common Blue?89more
Grizzled Skipper?2.0more
Small Skipper?35more
Red Admiral?6.6more
Painted Lady?3.0more

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
2001, 2002

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