Fowlescombe Farm

Map of  Fowlescombe Farm

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


County:Devon (England)
Gridref:SX695552
Year established:2001
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):2160
Width (m):5
Broad habitat:Seasonally wet and wet marshy grasslands
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Small Tortoiseshell?28more
Orange Tip?71more
Ringlet?130more
Holly Blue?4.7more
Clouded Yellow?1.0more
Brimstone?2.7more
Small Copper?34more
Meadow Brown?590more
Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown?180more
Marbled White?5.3more
Peacock?55more
Large Skipper?23more
Speckled Wood?85more
Wall Brown?21more
Large White?92more
Green-veined White?240more
Small White?73more
Comma?2.3more
Common Blue?31more
Small Skipper?19more
Red Admiral?42more
Painted Lady?13more

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

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