St Cyrus

Map of  St Cyrus

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


County:Grampian (Scotland)
Gridref:NO7467
Year established:1995
Number of sections:15
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):3600
Width (m):Unknown
Broad habitat:Coastal dune grassland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Small TortoiseshellStable14more
Orange Tip?0.090more
Ringlet?0.25more
Dark Green Fritillary?0.11more
Northern Brown ArgusStable4.6more
Small HeathStable100more
Clouded Yellow?0.17more
Small Blue?1.0more
GraylingDecreasing11more
Small CopperStable23more
Meadow BrownStable270more
Peacock?0.47more
Large WhiteIncreasing*2.8more
Green-veined WhiteDecreasing81more
Small WhiteStable3.3more
Common BlueStable*65more
Red AdmiralStableColonised in 19892.4more
Painted LadyIncreasing*2.2more

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.

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