Ham Common

Map of  Ham Common

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


County:Dorset (England)
Gridref:SY978907
Year established:1999
Number of sections:
Altitude (m):Unknown
Length (m):1550
Width (m):Unknown
Broad habitat:Wet and dry heathland/ dry heather moorland
The following species have been recorded on this site:
SpeciesStatusColonised/extinctAsynchronousMean count 
Small Tortoiseshell?29more
Orange Tip?0.43more
Ringlet?0.26more
Dark Green Fritillary?0.44more
Silver-washed Fritillary?0.41more
Brown Argus?0.64more
Green Hairstreak?54more
Holly Blue?16more
Small Heath?17more
Clouded Yellow?6.9more
Grayling?87more
Brimstone?12more
Small Copper?16more
Meadow Brown?330more
Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown?260more
Marbled White?91more
Peacock?52more
Large Skipper?32more
Speckled Wood?56more
Wall Brown?1.5more
Large White?65more
Green-veined White?13more
Small White?140more
Silver-studded Blue?0.25more
Comma?11more
Common Blue?67more
Purple Hairstreak?2.0more
Small Skipper?140more
Red Admiral?59more
Painted Lady?15more

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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