St. Abb's Head

Map of  St. Abb's Head

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


County:Borders (Scotland)
Gridref:NT9167
Year established:1999
Number of sections:10
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):4068
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?58more
RingletIncreasing390more
Dark Green Fritillary?0.26more
Northern Brown ArgusStable*32more
GraylingStable100more
Small Copper?200more
Meadow BrownStable600more
Peacock?33more
Large White?15more
Green-veined White?130more
Small White?67more
Common Blue?110more
Red Admiral?82more
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.

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