

The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Dorset (England) |
| Gridref: | ST884187 |
| Year established: | 1991 |
| Number of sections: | |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 2324 |
| Width (m): | Unknown |
| Broad habitat: | Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) chalk/limestone grassland |
Species list...
| Species | Status | Colonised/extinct | Asynchronous | Mean count | ||
| Small Tortoiseshell | Stable | 40 | more | |||
| Orange Tip | Stable | 8 | .8 | more | ||
| Ringlet | Decreasing | 15 | more | |||
| Dark Green Fritillary | Stable | 1 | .3 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | Stable | 11 | more | |||
| Green Hairstreak | Stable | 4 | .3 | more | ||
| Holly Blue | Stable | 7 | .4 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Stable | 180 | more | |||
| Clouded Yellow | Stable | 2 | .6 | more | ||
| Small Blue | Increasing | 3 | .3 | more | ||
| Dingy Skipper | Stable | 36 | more | |||
| Marsh Fritillary | ? | 27 | more | |||
| Brimstone | Increasing | 76 | more | |||
| Duke of Burgundy Fritillary | Stable | 1 | .8 | more | ||
| Silver-spotted Skipper | ? | 1 | .0 | more | ||
| Small Copper | Stable | 6 | .2 | more | ||
| Adonis Blue | Stable | 100 | more | |||
| Chalk-hill Blue | Stable | 69 | more | |||
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 1300 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown | Stable | 250 | more | |||
| Marbled White | Stable | 52 | more | |||
| Peacock | Stable | 25 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Stable | 6 | .4 | more | ||
| Speckled Wood | Increasing | 80 | more | |||
| Wall Brown | Stable | 1 | .4 | more | ||
| Large White | Stable | 31 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Stable | 19 | more | |||
| Small White | Stable | 93 | more | |||
| Comma | Stable | 7 | .0 | more | ||
| Common Blue | Stable | 210 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | Stable | 30 | more | |||
| Purple Hairstreak | ? | 0 | .19 | more | ||
| Small Skipper | Stable | * | 23 | more | ||
| Red Admiral | Stable | 19 | more | |||
| Painted Lady | Stable | 6 | .5 | more | ||
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.