Box Hill South Slope

Map of  Box Hill South Slope

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


County:Surrey (England)
Gridref:TQ183510
Year established:1990
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):Unknown
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
Orange Tip?13more
Ringlet?62more
Silver-washed Fritillary?0.19more
Brown Argus?41more
Green Hairstreak?1.5more
Holly Blue?3.1more
Small Heath?480more
Dingy Skipper?13more
Brimstone?92more
Silver-spotted Skipper?8.9more
Small Copper?14more
Adonis Blue?1.8more
Chalk-hill Blue?140more
Meadow Brown?1600more
Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown?520more
Marbled White?480more
Peacock?39more
Large Skipper?96more
Speckled Wood?73more
Wall Brown?0.32more
Large White?59more
Green-veined White?11more
Small White?37more
Comma?11more
Common Blue?410more
Grizzled Skipper?27more
Red Admiral?18more
Painted Lady?0.86more

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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