

The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | Dorset (England) |
| Gridref: | ST855106 |
| Year established: | 1982 |
| Number of sections: | |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 2781 |
| Width (m): | 5 |
| Broad habitat: | Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) chalk/limestone grassland |
Species list...
| Species | Status | Colonised/extinct | Asynchronous | Mean count | ||
| Small Tortoiseshell | Stable | 210 | more | |||
| Orange Tip | Stable | 3 | .7 | more | ||
| Ringlet | Increasing | 5 | .1 | more | ||
| Dark Green Fritillary | Stable | 0 | .93 | more | ||
| Silver-washed Fritillary | ? | 0 | .25 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | Stable | 150 | more | |||
| Green Hairstreak | Stable | 6 | .1 | more | ||
| Holly Blue | Stable | 2 | .6 | more | ||
| Small Heath | Stable | 150 | more | |||
| Clouded Yellow | Increasing | 4 | .1 | more | ||
| Small Blue | Stable | 0 | .61 | more | ||
| Dingy Skipper | Stable | 47 | more | |||
| Grayling | ? | 0 | .14 | more | ||
| Marsh Fritillary | Stable | 64 | more | |||
| Brimstone | Stable | 22 | more | |||
| Small Copper | Stable | 26 | more | |||
| Adonis Blue | Stable | 50 | more | |||
| Chalk-hill Blue | Increasing | 40 | more | |||
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 2700 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper/Hedge Brown | Stable | 110 | more | |||
| Marbled White | Stable | 250 | more | |||
| Peacock | Stable | 30 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Stable | 12 | more | |||
| Speckled Wood | Decreasing | * | 16 | more | ||
| Wall Brown | Stable | 1 | .8 | more | ||
| Large White | Stable | 28 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Stable | 14 | more | |||
| Small White | Stable | 71 | more | |||
| Comma | Increasing | 3 | .2 | more | ||
| Common Blue | Stable | 300 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | Stable | 23 | more | |||
| Small Skipper | Stable | 24 | more | |||
| Red Admiral | Increasing | 18 | 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.