

The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Dorset (England) |
| Gridref: | SZ027770 |
| Year established: | 1980 |
| Number of sections: | |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 1580 |
| 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 | 31 | more | |||
| Orange Tip | Stable | 0 | .87 | more | ||
| Ringlet | ? | 5 | .7 | more | ||
| Dark Green Fritillary | Stable | 4 | .2 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | Stable | 5 | .6 | more | ||
| Green Hairstreak | Stable | 0 | .57 | more | ||
| Holly Blue | Stable | 3 | .8 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Stable | 180 | more | |||
| Clouded Yellow | Stable | 5 | .9 | more | ||
| Small Blue | Increasing | 23 | more | |||
| Dingy Skipper | Stable | 120 | more | |||
| Grayling | Stable | 3 | .1 | more | ||
| Brimstone | ? | 0 | .33 | more | ||
| Small Copper | Stable | 14 | more | |||
| Adonis Blue | Increasing | 300 | more | |||
| Chalk-hill Blue | Decreasing | 41 | more | |||
| Meadow Brown | Increasing | 1000 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown | Stable | 1300 | more | |||
| Marbled White | Increasing | 1000 | more | |||
| Peacock | Stable | 27 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Decreasing | 70 | more | |||
| Speckled Wood | Stable | 110 | more | |||
| Wall Brown | Stable | 57 | more | |||
| Large White | Stable | 61 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | ? | 0 | .50 | more | ||
| Small White | Stable | 160 | more | |||
| Comma | Increasing | 2 | .0 | more | ||
| Common Blue | Stable | 600 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | Decreasing | 17 | more | |||
| Lulworth Skipper | Stable | 700 | more | |||
| Small Skipper | Stable | * | 150 | more | ||
| Red Admiral | Stable | 32 | more | |||
| Painted Lady | Stable | 19 | 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.