Greenscombe Wood - Ridge

Map of  Greenscombe Wood - Ridge

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


County:Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (England)
Gridref:SX395725
Year established:1985
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):2000
Width (m):5
Broad habitat:Recently felled areas/early stage woodland and coppice
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Orange Tip?1.0more
Ringlet?93more
Brimstone?0.26more
Meadow Brown?68more
Marbled White?71more
Heath FritillaryDecreasing41more
Peacock?16more
Large Skipper?3.0more
Speckled Wood?12more
Common Blue?0.41more
Red Admiral?1.0more
Painted Lady?0.91more

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, 2006

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