Watch House Field & Penlee Battery

Map of  Watch House Field & Penlee Battery

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


County:Cornwall (England)
Gridref:SX435492
Year established:2005
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):0
Length (m):1531
Width (m):5
Broad habitat:Dry semi/unimproved acid grassland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Ringlet?27more
Pearl-bordered Fritillary?1.0more
Silver-washed Fritillary?1.0more
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary?4.0more
Green Hairstreak?1.0more
Small Heath?13more
Clouded Yellow?40more
Small Copper?36more
Meadow Brown?430more
Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown?340more
Marbled White?65more
Peacock?13more
Large Skipper?11more
Speckled Wood?150more
Wall Brown?1.0more
Large White?46more
Green-veined White?28more
Small White?69more
Comma?1.0more
Common Blue?130more
Small Skipper?4.0more
Red Admiral?55more
Painted Lady?43more

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
2006

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