Frog Firle Farm

Map of  Frog Firle Farm

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


County:East Sussex (England)
Gridref:TQ512014
Year established:1999
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):2765
Width (m):5
Broad habitat:Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) chalk/limestone grassland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Small Tortoiseshell?18more
Orange Tip?1.4more
Ringlet?15more
Dark Green Fritillary?1.8more
Brown Argus?7.6more
Green Hairstreak?12more
Holly Blue?17more
Small Heath?280more
Clouded Yellow?6.2more
Small Blue?4.8more
Dingy Skipper?3.3more
Grayling?1.0more
Brimstone?1.4more
Silver-spotted SkipperStable180more
Small Copper?11more
Adonis Blue?30more
Chalk-hill Blue?200more
Meadow Brown?980more
Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown?140more
Marbled White?58more
Peacock?20more
Large Skipper?23more
Speckled Wood?74more
Wall Brown?42more
Large White?47more
Green-veined White?20more
Small White?80more
Comma?9.4more
Common Blue?710more
Grizzled Skipper?4.1more
Small Skipper?6.3more
Red Admiral?31more
Painted Lady?20more

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, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

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