Avon Heath Country Park North

Map of  Avon Heath Country Park North

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


County:Dorset (England)
Gridref:SU127037
Year established:1997
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):5295
Width (m):5
Broad habitat:Wet and dry heathland/ dry heather moorland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Small TortoiseshellStable8.4more
Orange Tip?0.93more
Ringlet?0.55more
Silver-washed Fritillary?1.8more
Brown Argus?1.6more
Green HairstreakStable3.3more
Holly Blue?1.9more
Small HeathStable5.8more
Clouded Yellow?0.88more
Grayling?6.6more
BrimstoneStable7.4more
White Admiral?0.12more
Small CopperStable11more
Meadow Brown?96more
Gatekeeper/Hedge BrownStable61more
Marbled White?0.15more
PeacockStable17more
Large SkipperStable14more
Speckled WoodStable34more
Large WhiteDecreasing34more
Green-veined White?0.64more
Small WhiteStable19more
Silver-studded BlueStable16more
CommaStable2.3more
Common BlueStable15more
Small SkipperDecreasing16more
Red AdmiralStable16more
Painted LadyStable*5.7more

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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